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U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth: Every partner in the Western Hemisphere must increase efforts and invest more in the security field.

The U.S. Treasury Department updates its sanctions list related to Venezuela.

The global supply chain stress index in the United States in February was 0.49, compared with the previous value of 0.41.

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth: Border security must be the top priority.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth: When adversaries control ports or infrastructure along strategic chokepoints in the Western Hemisphere, this poses a threat to U.S. security.

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth told the Summit of the Americas that globalism was a risk and slammed diversity initiatives.

US Defense Secretary Hegseth: It remains to be seen whether countries in the Americas are still Western and Christian countries.

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth: There was a period in February when the U.S. military could not find a drug trafficking ship that could be sunk, which showed that deterrence measures were working.

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: Hungary will not compromise with Ukraine and will force Ukraine to resume oil transportation from Russia through the "Friendship" pipeline.

The U.S. global supply chain stress index for February will be released in ten minutes.

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth: The U.S. military has now implemented operational control of the southern border and no one has crossed illegally.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth: We will never rest until we have complete control of all borders.

US President Trump: The Republican Party must go all out and push the "Save America Act" at all costs - not the weakened version. This is a decisive battle for the soul of our country!

S&P: It is expected that the conflict in the Middle East is likely to have a more pronounced impact on airlines headquartered in India.

Market news: India seeks the US Navy to escort the Middle East energy transport fleet.

Governor of Poland’s Central Bank: (On EU “safe harbor” alternatives) The President’s Office is developing legislation to improve the Polish Central Bank’s ability to support national defence.

Fitch: Conflict in the Middle East will exacerbate European electricity price volatility.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: We got "Storm Shadow" from the UK, which was helpful. This is a very good weapon. We also get "SCALP" from France, and in the past we've also gotten limited quantities of ATACMS from the United States.

U.S. stocks opened, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.74%, the S&P 500 Index down 0.47%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index down 0.44%. Popular Chinese concept stocks generally fell, with Bilibili (BILI.O) falling more than 5%, and JD.com (JD.O) and Alibaba (BABA.N) falling about 3%.

British Prime Minister Starmer: Defense spending needs to be increased further and faster.