2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand. China has been Thailand's largest trading partner for 12 consecutive years. Thailand is also China's third-largest trading partner among ASEAN countries, with a bilateral trade volume exceeding 100 billion USD. In 2024, the total trade value between China and Thailand reached 133.98 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%.

On January 21st, according to reports from CNN and The Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Trump stated that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada and Mexico starting February 1st.

A few years ago, Korean battery companies once dominated the international battery installation rankings. However, with the intensifying global competition in the power battery market, the market share of Korean battery companies has dropped by nearly half over the past four years, while Chinese power battery companies have risen rapidly.vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

Recently, under the impact of a strong US dollar, the Japanese yen has continued to weaken against the US dollar. Although on Monday (December 23), the yen rebounded from its five-month low on Friday and hovered around 156 yen to the dollar, it faced pressure again just one day later. On December 24, 25, and 26, the yen fell below the 157 level.

The Federal Reserve announced on December 18th, local time, that it would cut the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to between 4.25% and 4.50%, in line with widespread market expectations.

In recent months, multiple countries such as South Korea, Russia, and the Philippines have issued trade bans or adjusted trade restriction measures. Relevant enterprises must pay timely attention to policy trends, effectively avoid risks, and reduce economic losses.

Throughout the year, Indonesia has repeatedly destroyed illegally imported goods, including clothing, textiles, electronics, ceramics, and more. According to disclosures from Indonesian authorities, there is a significant discrepancy between the import data recorded by Indonesia and the exporting countries. For example, the value of imported textiles, apparel, ceramic products, electronics, cosmetics, footwear, and other textile goods was recorded as $360 million by the exporting countries but only $116 million by Indonesia.

Since the beginning of November, the Russian ruble has entered a new round of depreciation, with its decline catching even analysts off guard.

During Wednesday’s European trading session, the USD/RUB surged by over 4%, breaking past the 110 ruble mark—the highest level since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Recently, several shipping companies, including Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, and HMM, have announced multiple surcharge notices.

According to CCTV News, Turkish President Erdogan announced on the 13th that Turkey has severed ties with Israel and will not take any steps to continue or develop bilateral relations in the future.