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New York gold futures fell 1.00% during the day and are now trading at $3,156.20 an ounce.On May 15, WTO Director-General Ngozi said in an interview at the end of her visit to Tokyo this week that despite the recent easing of the tariff war between the United States and China, global trade is still in crisis. Japanese officials privately expressed concerns that the hastily reached US-UK trade agreement this month may encourage countries to consider reaching bilateral agreements for self-interest, challenging the principle of equality of "most-favored-nation treatment" that underpins the WTO system. When asked whether this trading model would undermine this principle, Ngozi said there was such a risk. She said: "This is why we have told WTO members that are engaged in bilateral negotiations that they should strive to be as consistent as possible with WTO regulations."New York silver futures fell 1.00% on the day and are now trading at $32.12 per ounce.On May 15th, at the "Rising Tide in Hong Kong, Gathering Momentum for Win-Win Cooperation - Special Seminar on the Integrated Development of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Capital Market and Listing in Hong Kong", Lu Chenjian, Vice President of the Global Listing Services Department of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, said that from 2014 to 2024, Hong Kongs IPO cumulative fundraising will lead the world, reaching US$303 billion, surpassing Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange; in addition, new economy and technology companies have led the Hong Kong IPO market in recent years. From 2014 to 2017, the top five industries with the highest proportion of IPO fundraising were finance, consumption, utilities, healthcare, and information technology, while from 2018 to 2024, the top five industries were information technology, consumption, healthcare, real estate and construction, and finance.APEC policy director: US tariffs affect not only trade in goods, but also trade in services and financial markets.
