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On April 17, it was reported that on April 16, eight departments—the State Taxation Administration, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme Peoples Court, the Supreme Peoples Procuratorate, the Peoples Bank of China, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange—held a national meeting in Beijing to promote the normalized joint crackdown on tax-related crimes. The meeting focused on enhancing the role of the normalized joint crackdown mechanism for tax-related crimes, effectively safeguarding a fair and law-based economic and tax order, and better serving high-quality development.The Eurozones seasonally adjusted trade balance for February will be released in ten minutes.Polish Energy Minister: Poland has secured aviation fuel supplies for the coming weeks.On April 17th, the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) reported the following changes in warehouse receipts for various commodities: 1. Silver futures warehouse receipts: 564,832 kg, an increase of 44,032 kg from the previous trading day; 2. International copper futures warehouse receipts: 12,056 tons, a decrease of 395 tons from the previous trading day; 3. Gold futures warehouse receipts: 108,648 kg, a decrease of 9 kg from the previous trading day; 4. TSR20 rubber futures warehouse receipts: 42,939 tons, a decrease of 807 tons from the previous trading day; 5. Natural rubber futures warehouse receipts: 125,200 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 6. Fuel oil futures warehouse receipts: 0 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 7. Petroleum asphalt plant warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 46,300 tons, a decrease of 2,000 tons from the previous trading day; 8. Petroleum asphalt warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 32,010 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 9. Nickel futures warehouse receipts totaled 64,209 tons, an increase of 313 tons from the previous trading day; 10. Rebar warehouse futures warehouse receipts totaled 83,390 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 11. Low-sulfur fuel oil warehouse futures warehouse receipts totaled 13,500 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 12. Butadiene rubber futures warehouse receipts totaled 38,200 tons, a decrease of 1,430 tons from the previous trading day; 13. Copper futures warehouse receipts totaled 140,339 tons, a decrease of 5,474 tons from the previous trading day; 14. Aluminum futures warehouse receipts totaled 438,542 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 15. Hot-rolled coil futures warehouse receipts totaled 613,181 tons, a decrease of 1,194 tons from the previous trading day; 16. Medium-sulfur crude oil futures warehouse receipts totaled 3,511,000 barrels, unchanged from the previous trading day; 17. 18. Alumina futures warehouse receipts: 481,630 tons, up 4,799 tons from the previous trading day; 19. Tin futures warehouse receipts: 8,001 tons, down 152 tons from the previous trading day; 20. Stainless steel warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 52,897 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 21. Lead futures warehouse receipts: 56,201 tons, down 1,328 tons from the previous trading day; 22. Zinc futures warehouse receipts: 102,674 tons, down 575 tons from the previous trading day; 23. Pulp warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 181,997 tons, up 580 tons from the previous trading day; 24. Pulp mill warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 15,000 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day.On April 17th, the U.S. Navy confirmed on April 15th that a U.S. MQ-4C Triton drone crashed on April 9th. The location was classified, and no injuries were reported. The U.S. Navy provided no further information, released no records, did not provide coordinates, and did not confirm the cause. They made no mention of how the approximately $240 million drone, which was flying within range of most air defense systems, crashed. The drones value exceeds that of two F-35 fighter jets. This is the most expensive single aerial loss confirmed by the U.S. during the Iraq War.