| Bruegel-China economic database update
December 12, 2025-The monthly update of the China Economic Database is out now.
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| Following months of investigation, the EU concluded that Chinese subsidies to the EV sector were market distorting, prompting of tariffs. Later, China's Ministry of Commerce concluded that the EU's use of foreign subsidy regulations against China had cost their businesses well over 2 billion EUR.
After Chinese auto exports peaked in August 2024, they fell by nearly 49 percent over the course of six months, reaching their lowest point in February 2025 |
| ESMA finalises technical standards on derivatives transparency and the OTC derivatives tape December 15, 2025-The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, published today the Final Report covering mandates under the MiFIR Review on derivatives trade transparency, package orders and the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives consolidated tape input and output data. |
| France Eases Retail Crypto Rules as Europe Unlocks Access for Millions December 9, 2025-AMF doctrine shift follows UK and Nordic moves; |
| Archax Executes First After-Hours Transaction of its Tokenized Canary HBR ETF on Hedera Mainnet December 5, 2025-Archax, the UK/EU-regulated digital asset platform, today announced the tokenization and first onchain transaction of the Canary HBR ETF on the Hedera Network. The completed out-of-hours transaction is a landmark achievement in blockchain-based finance: an ETF linked to Hedera's native token, tokenized and transacting on the Hedera Network itself, outside of traditional market hours. |