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Market News: Trump's assistant asked Trump if it was possible to abolish the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).Russia's seaborne grain exports in November increased by 39.5% to 4.8 million tons.Putin signed a decree to extend the measures to counter the western oil price limit against Russia again. On December 13th, local time, according to the documents published on the Russian legal information portal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to extend the special economic measures formulated because western countries impose price limits on Russian oil and petroleum products until June 30th, 2025. Since the law came into effect on February 1, 2023, the validity of the measures has been extended several times. The decree stipulates that if the contract directly or indirectly stipulates the price ceiling set by other countries, it is forbidden to export Russian petroleum and petroleum products according to the contract, and the signed ban applies to all supply stages before delivery to buyers. (CCTV News)

Two States in the United States sued Glock, a gun manufacturer, for ignoring the design flaw that "pistols can easily become machine guns". On the 12th, the prosecutors in New Jersey and Minnesota respectively sued Glock, an Austrian weapons manufacturer, accusing the pistol manufactured by them of design defects and being easily converted into illegal machine guns. According to the complaint, Glock knew this situation for a long time, and continued to sell this pistol to the United States and profit from it, which promoted the proliferation of gun violence in the United States. (Xinhua News Agency)The grain output of Inner Mongolia exceeded 80 billion Jin for the first time. The reporter learned from the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on December 13th that according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the grain output of Inner Mongolia exceeded 80 billion Jin for the first time this year, reaching 82.01 billion Jin, achieving a bumper harvest for 21 consecutive years. (Xinhua News Agency)Ma Zhaoxu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs met with New Zealand Ambassador to China Maury, and Ma Zhaoxu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs met with outgoing New Zealand Ambassador to China Maury. Ma Zhaoxu said that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, China-Singapore relations have maintained sound development, and mutual benefit and win-win have become the main tone of bilateral relations. The two sides should jointly implement the important consensus of the leaders of the two countries and promote the continued healthy and stable development of China-Singapore comprehensive strategic partnership. Mao Rui said that New Zealand is willing to strengthen dialogue and communication with China and push forward bilateral relations. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine: Ukraine is willing and ready to supply food to Syria.Musk received an ultimatum from the SEC or faced multiple accusations, and the long-term confrontation between the US SEC and Musk escalated again. On December 12th, local time, Alex spiro, a lawyer of Musk, wrote to Gary Gensler, the outgoing chairman of the SEC, accusing the agency of launching an "ulterior motive action" against Musk, and revealed that the SEC had restarted the investigation of Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company owned by Musk. According to the contents of the letter, the SEC asked Musk to accept the settlement agreement within 48 hours and pay the fine, otherwise he would face "multiple accusations". These allegations are related to Musk's stock investment behavior before the acquisition of Twitter (now "X") in 2022, involving trading time and the legality of information disclosure. It was mentioned in the letter that the accusation originated from an investigation that lasted for several years, and the SEC recently issued a subpoena to Musk's lawyer, asking him to provide testimony. Alex spiro said that he had explicitly refused to cooperate and accused the agency of "political motives". Musk also posted a letter from his lawyer to Gary Gensler on social media, with the text "Gary, how could you do this to me" and a crying emoji. Alex spiro also asked in his letter who was directing the SEC's actions. Alex spiro emphasized that the SEC's "harassment" of Musk and its affiliates for six years has deviated from the original intention of seeking the truth and become an improper pressure. At present, the SEC has not commented on this. In addition, the letter said that the SEC also restarted the investigation of Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company owned by Musk. This autumn, the animal protection organization "Committee of Responsible Medical Doctors" and four US congressmen asked the SEC to investigate Neuralink, accusing it of securities fraud through misleading propaganda. (Securities Times)Analysis: the potential weakness of Canada's manufacturing industry still exists. Forexlive: Canada's manufacturing industry rebounded strongly, mainly driven by petroleum products and automobiles. However, the year-on-year data decline shows that some potential weakness still exists.