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White House: President Trump signed a proclamation delaying planned tariff increases on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and bathroom cabinets for one year.

The White House: President Trump has adjusted the import policy of lumber, lumber and their derivatives into the United States.

Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to the new Swiss Federal President Parmland.

According to Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun: Japan Post is considering merging nearly 20% (i.e. more than 500 locations) of its approximately 3,000 mail and logistics distribution centers nationwide before fiscal 2028.

In December 2025, new car registrations in France fell by 5.84%, and Tesla registrations fell by 66.04%.

Mexico's main stock index rose 29.9% in 2025, its best performance since 2009.

US President Trump: Republicans should stop giving money to insurance companies. Funds must go directly to people to buy their own health insurance.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Equity fund managers reduced their net long positions in the S&P 500 CME Group by 27,949 contracts to 936,689 contracts in the week ended December 23. Equity fund speculators cut their net short position in the S&P 500 CME Group by 18,436 contracts to 372,091 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Speculators reduced their net short position in U.S. Treasury futures by 37,884 contracts to 8,742 in the week ended December 23.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Natural gas speculators’ net long positions fell by 37,185 contracts to 127,281 contracts in the four major markets of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in the week ended December 23.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): COMEX copper speculators increased their net long positions by 9 lots to 75,996 lots in the week ended December 23.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended December 23, the net short position of WTI held by crude oil speculators decreased by 8,067 lots to 12,452 lots.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for Europe to remain independent in the fields of artificial intelligence and quantum technology.

French President Macron: Many European countries and allies will make practical commitments to protect Ukraine in Paris on January 6.

The U.S. Treasury Department issued new sanctions related to Venezuela.

The Indian government will impose an excise tax of 2,050 to 8,500 rupees per 1,000 cigarettes depending on the length of the cigarette.

U.S. President Trump quoted an article from the New York Post and posted on Truth Social that Putin's tough remarks about "attacks" showed that Russia was the main obstacle to the peace process.

Investment Company Institute (ICI): Total assets of money market funds increased to $7.73 trillion in the week ended December 30.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $105.993 billion from 49 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

U.S. Special Envoy Witkov: Ukrainian National Security Secretary Umerov also participated in this call.