Morocco and Chile have opened free-trade negotiations.

Tongda Co. chairman Ma Hongju said H1 overseas order signings rose, but copper and aluminium price inflation, RMB appreciation, surging shipping costs and geopolitical disruptions delayed projects, leaving shipments roughly flat YoY. Management expects overseas activity to recover in H2 as exchange rates and client budgets adjust. For 2026 Tongda is targeting 10 bln yuan in revenue, deepening domestic ties with State Grid, China Southern Power Grid and major generators—prioritising UHV backbone, urban-rural smart distribution and source‑grid‑load‑storage projects—while accelerating expansion into Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Europe to join overseas renewables and grid infrastructure projects.

Wall Street Journal reports executives say humanoid-robot maker Agility Robotics will go public via a SPAC merger at an implied valuation of about $2.5 billion.