Senior EU officials: The foreign ministers of 27 EU countries will approve the 15th round of sanctions against Russia and new sanctions "against hybrid operations" on December 16th.COMEX silver fell 2.00% in the day and is now quoted at $30.99 per ounce. COMEX silver fell to $31 per ounce, down 1.97% in the day.Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine: Ukraine is willing and ready to supply food to Syria.
Market News: Argentine President Milei met with Rio Tinto CEO Meloni in Rome.On December 13th, Shaanxi Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration issued an administrative penalty message showing that Baoji Central Branch of Ancheng Property Insurance Co., Ltd. was fined 60,000 yuan for giving benefits other than the insurance contract. The salesman of Baoji Central Branch of Ancheng Property Insurance Co., Ltd. was warned and fined 10,000 yuan.Market News: The United Arab Emirates will restrict oil transportation in the case of OPEC+promoting compliance with quotas.
Israel pressured the Palestinian National Authority to search for militants. The Palestinian National Authority admitted on the 12th that Palestinian security forces killed a 19-year-old civilian man during an operation in the West Bank city of Jenin earlier this week. Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) accused the Palestinian National Authority of searching for "resistance fighters" and said that Palestine should avoid internal conflicts. According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli side pressured the Palestinian National Authority to intensify the search, and threatened that if the Palestinian security forces could not do it, the Israeli army would do it. (Xinhua News Agency)Market News: Trump's assistant asked Trump if it was possible to abolish the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).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)