WTO dispute settlement body accepted Russia’s request to establish a panel to review the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).

Zelenskiy said under the agreement Ukraine will consult with European counterparts, the US will engage with Russia, and parties will resume talks in 10 days "with prospects or outcomes".

China's enterprises signed service outsourcing contracts worth 1.285 trillion yuan in the first eight months of the year, MOFCOM data showed. Offshore service outsourcing contract value rose 4% year-on-year. Offshore business-process outsourcing execution increased 8.3% YoY. Maintenance and R&D services led offshore gains, up 8.8% and 10.8% respectively. The United States, Hong Kong and Singapore were the top three sources of offshore outsourcing demand, accounting for 53.2% of offshore execution.