Germany's foreign ministry condemned Russia's airstrikes on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine.

At a July 2 MOFCOM press briefing, a reporter noted the Canadian international trade minister said an autumn meeting with Chinese ministers will include talks on further tariff removals for canola, peas and seafood. MOFCOM spokesperson He Yadong said Beijing and Ottawa signed a China‑Canada economic cooperation roadmap in January, guided by leaders’ consensus, creating preliminary joint arrangements for managing bilateral trade issues; economic teams have maintained close communication. China advocates resolving concerns through equal dialogue and is willing to continue expanding the cooperation list and narrowing the list of outstanding issues to support healthy, stable and sustainable China‑Canada economic and trade ties.

The Financial Times reports the White House is negotiating with AI firms to create voluntary standards for new model releases, after U.S. interventions in deployments by Anthropic and OpenAI. People familiar with the talks say the standards could be published as early as next week, setting baselines for models with advanced internet capabilities and establishing release timelines to streamline future rollouts. The initiative implements President Trump’s AI executive order from last month; stakeholders are seeking clarity on how the government will regulate the technology. Officials expect the U.S. AI Standards and Innovation Center and the NSA to play key roles in drafting and overseeing the standards. Sources add U.S. officials will specify which entities may access advanced models domestically and abroad, a step that could form the basis for a global framework including U.S. allies.