USA Today reported that Cuban security official and political adviser Rodriguez Castro said he was willing to hold talks with Trump.

Goldman Sachs raised its target price on Huahong Hongli (01347.HK) to HK$333 from HK$174 and reiterated a Buy rating, citing stronger demand for AI chips and data-center power-management ICs as large-model capabilities improve (citing Meituan-W’s LongCat2.0). The bank expects generative AI to sustain demand, forecasts continued ramp-up of 12‑inch capacity and a product-mix shift toward 40nm and 28nm, and lifted net profit forecasts for FY2027–FY2029 by 1%–8%. Goldman projects operating margin to rise from 1% in FY2026 to 4%/8%/12% in FY2027/FY2028/FY2029, normalizing at 14%–17% in FY2030–FY2031.

Ministry of Agriculture monitoring of 500 county markets and collection points shows national live hog price averaged 10.48 yuan/kg in the week of Jul 1 (Jun 29–Jul 5), up 4.2% WoW; pork market price averaged 19.82 yuan/kg, up 1.0% WoW. Monitoring of 200 wholesale markets put national pork wholesale average at 14.50 yuan/kg, up 1.2% WoW and down 28.9% YoY. Analysts said earlier capacity-control measures are beginning to show, and both large-scale farms and backyard producers are delaying sales in anticipation of higher prices, tightening supply and supporting hog prices; seasonal weak consumption is constraining gains. Outlook: hog and pork prices expected steady to modestly higher this week.