According to the New York Post and other media reports on the 12th, US President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House that the number of employees of the Government Efficiency Department led by Musk has risen from the original 12 to about 100, and Musk plans to cut federal spending by 1 trillion dollars.
On February 10, spot gold rose by $7 in the short term, standing at $2,910/ounce, setting a new record high and rising 1.72% in the day.
On February 2, Mexican President Shinbaum said that he has instructed his economy minister to implement a retaliatory tariff plan against the United States.
On February 2nd, local time on February 1st, after the United States announced the tax on Canada, David Ibby, the governor of British Columbia, held a news conference and said that Trump's tariffs "completely betray the historical bond between the two countries, and this is a declaration of economic war against trusted allies and friends." Ibby said that British Columbia has begun to retaliate against American goods, and he has instructed provincial government-run liquor distributors to stop buy...
On February 2nd, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said at a press conference that Canada will impose 25% tariffs on US goods worth 155 billion Canadian dollars, including tariffs on goods worth 30 billion Canadian dollars immediately starting Tuesday, and further tariffs on US products worth 125 billion dollars will be imposed within 21 days.
On January 26, according to China's Legal Daily, in order to implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and give full play to the role of the rule of law in the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, on January 19, the Law of Renmin University of China...
According to Agence France-Presse reported on January 11, US President Biden on the 10th attacked Meta Universe Platform (Meta) for ending fact-checking on social platforms Facebook and photo walls in the United States, calling the move "very shameful". Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on the 7th that the company will give up third-party transactions in the United States.
On January 8, according to the "Korea Economic Daily" report, South Korean prosecutors have added charges against a woman in her 30s for allegedly operating an illegal cryptocurrency gambling website in Thailand. The new charges include concealing the proceeds of crime and false accusations. Between April 2018 and August 2021, the website she managed received more than 24,000 bitcoins (worth $2.30 billion) from users, including Koreans. The website gambled by predicting changes in bitcoin prices...
On January 5th, the Economic Daily wrote an article "Strict Characters to Cure and Manipulate the Market". The article pointed out that market supervision, communication management, financial supervision, public security and other departments should strengthen data connectivity and sharing, strengthen governance in key areas, and unblock the connection of punishment and execution. At the same time, make good use of big data, cloud computing, blockchain and other Internet technology means to accu...
On January 4th, Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, did not receive a majority of votes in the first round of the speaker election, but then two House Republicans changed their voting positions and supported Johnson as speaker. Johnson now has enough votes to continue as speaker of the House of Representatives.
US media reported on the 29th that former US President Jimmy Carter died on the same day at the age of 100. China and the United States established diplomatic relations during his tenure.
Yonhap News Agency reported on the 29th that a plane at Muan Airport in South Korea left the runway and collided.
Yonhap News Agency reported on the 29th that a plane crashed at Muan Airport in South Korea, killing and injuring at least 23 people at the scene of the accident.
On December 23rd, according to the Korea Financial Daily, South Korean lawmaker Choi Eun-seok proposed an amendment to the Foreign Exchange Trading Law, which aims to prevent foreign exchange crimes such as virtual asset money laundering. The amendment proposes to establish a virtual asset trading monitoring system, improve the institutional foundation of fintech foreign exchange services, improve the convenience of foreign exchange transactions for individuals and enterprises, and strengthen th...
According to the Korean National Daily, South Korean President Yoon Seok-hyuk will give a speech on Thursday local time.