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TREE NEWS update: Qatar called for a new regional security arrangement and said Iran must show good faith by halting threats against its neighbors. Doha also urged Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz to enable regional prosperity. The statement did not specify a timeline or name the parties involved in the proposed framework.

TREE NEWS update: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on October 26 that progress in Canada-US trade negotiations has picked up slightly. US President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that a US-Canada trade deal could be reached before the November 3 US midterm elections. The report said US tariff policy has backfired politically and economically at home, forcing the Trump administration back to the negotiating table to boost Republican prospects before the midterms.

TREE NEWS reports: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Rezaei met with the country’s Supreme Leader to discuss conflict issues. No further details of the meeting or the specific conflict discussed were provided. The meeting comes amid heightened regional tensions.

TREE NEWS reports: France’s consumer confidence index fell 5 points to 80 in October, its lowest level in 13 years, statistics agency Insee said Tuesday. The reading came in below the median estimate of 85 as households grew more concerned about their personal finances, living standards and unemployment. The indicator has stayed below its long-term average of 100 for five consecutive years amid recurring inflation and political and budget turmoil.

TREE NEWS update: National People’s Congress Standing Committee Vice Chairman He Wei met in Beijing on the 27th with a delegation from the European Parliament’s Left group led by co-chair Schildervan. The two sides exchanged views on consolidating the China-EU partnership, strengthening legislative exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation across fields, and promoting the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations.

TREE NEWS update: The Kremlin said trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine will restart in Abu Dhabi in November, aimed at discussing post-war security issues. No further details on the agenda or participants were given.

TREE NEWS update: Guadalupe Taddei resigned as president of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) on Oct. 26, submitting her resignation to the Chamber of Deputies. President Claudia Sheinbaum backed the decision while denying it would trigger a crisis at the institute. Mexico’s federal audit office is investigating alleged contract irregularities at the INE, including conflicts of interest and the award of multimillion-dollar contracts to a contractor with whom Taddei had a personal relationship.

TREE NEWS update: The Dalian Commodity Exchange will raise the trading margin requirement for its live hog futures contracts LH2703 and LH2705 to 10% from 8%, effective at settlement on Friday, October 30, 2026. The exchange announced the adjustment under its risk management rules.

TREE NEWS update: Ten active ETFs in China have completed fundraising and each exceeded the 20 billion yuan subscription cap, triggering pro-rata allotment. China Asset Management, Dacheng Fund and Huatai-PineBridge are among the managers, with China Asset Management and Dacheng announcing after the October 27 close that their active ETFs ended fundraising early and will partially confirm valid subscription applications from that day on a last-day pro-rata basis. China Merchants Fund’s active ETF has also ended fundraising early and will begin pro-rata allotment, channel sources said.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Oct. 27, congratulating him on his re-election as president of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The message was delivered by telephone. Lula’s new term extends his leadership of Brazil, a key Chinese trading partner and major emerging-market economy.

TREE NEWS update: Zhongou Ruibo, a Chinese private fund manager with 10 billion yuan in assets, has begun external fundraising for a quantitative CTA strategy product, marking the discretionary manager’s first publicly offered quant vehicle. The strategy ran internally with proprietary capital for about five years. The firm now has four quant products, with three more in model development, and focuses on low- to medium-frequency quant strategies.

TREE NEWS update: China Securities Index Co. said it will officially launch the CSI All Share Value Index and the CSI All Share Growth Index on October 28, 2026, expanding the range of investable benchmarks available to the market. The two indices will track value and growth styles across the full A-share market. The company disclosed the timetable in a formal announcement.

TREE NEWS reports: Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance are negotiating long-term server memory supply agreements with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, with some customers seeking terms running to 2035, Maeil Business Newspaper reported on October 27. The deals, typically three to five years, cover server DDR and low-power LPDDR memory used to improve AI server energy efficiency. The Chinese cloud providers are prioritizing securing volumes even at higher prices amid tight memory supply.

TREE NEWS update: Cyclone Arnab is expected to make landfall on India’s eastern coast on May 28, India’s meteorological department said on May 27, with tens of thousands of people already moved to shelters. The storm is forecast to hit the coast a day after the evacuation order.

TREE NEWS update: Shanghai’s Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization issued an action plan to accelerate next-generation smart manufacturing, including a new platform to help smart manufacturing service providers take high-quality products and advanced solutions overseas. The plan also calls for a supply-demand matching platform tying local scenario needs to vendor capabilities, and supports firms in jointly building pilot-testing platforms for data simulation, process improvement, sample production and verification.

TREE NEWS update: Shanghai’s Economic and Information Technology Commission issued an action plan to accelerate next-generation smart manufacturing, targeting breakthroughs in core technologies and components. The plan focuses on distributed sensing, multimodal fusion, high-dynamic motion planning and control, ultra-precision machining, industrial wireless real-time communication and edge intelligence. It specifically names high-end sensors, high-torque-density servo motors, high-precision heavy-load joint modules, high-performance servo drives and high-reliability reducers as key components to develop.

TREE NEWS reports: OPEC+ will hold its oil production targets steady at its Sunday meeting, sources said. The group’s decision leaves current output levels in place, with no change to the existing targets announced.

TREE NEWS update: The Dalian Commodity Exchange will limit non-futures-company members and clients to 500 lots of daily opening positions in the hog futures LH2701 contract from the trading session on Oct. 29, 2026, it said in a notice. Daily opening volume in other hog futures contracts is capped at 1,000 lots, calculated as the sum of buy and sell openings in a single contract on the same day. Hedging and market-making positions are exempt, and accounts under actual control are treated as one.

TREE NEWS reports: Prediction markets give Democrats a 92% chance of winning the House and 67% of the Senate one week before the Nov. 3 US midterm elections, with Polymarket projecting 236 House seats for Democrats and Kalshi 234. Trump’s approval rating edged up 1 point to 32%, and Democrats lead Republicans 47% to 36% among registered voters in an Oct. 26 Reuters/Ipsos poll. Crypto and AI-linked stocks could face short-term pressure if Democrats sweep both chambers, while a Republican hold would likely lift CLARITY Act prospects.

TREE NEWS update: Iran’s president and Qatar’s emir held talks on energy cooperation and trade issues, the two sides said. The discussions covered bilateral economic ties between the two neighboring Gulf states. No further details on the outcome or any agreements were provided.