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British Prime Minister's Spokesperson: The leaders of the Group of Seven agreed that the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Syria must be respected.The Amazon Truck Drivers' Union voted to approve a strike at two large warehouses in new york.Alumina broke away from last week's record high, and panic buying related to Guinea subsided. LME copper futures closed down 39 US dollars to 9052 US dollars/ton. LME aluminum closed up $6 to $2,605/ton. LME zinc futures closed up $20 to $3,096/ton. LME lead closed up $4 to $2010/ton. LME nickel futures closed down $306 to $15,862/ton. LME tin closed down $437 to $29,097/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.

According to the media, air strikes against Syria provide an opportunity to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. On December 12, The Israel Times quoted Israeli military officials as saying that the Israeli military believed that Israeli warplanes and drones gained huge air superiority after air strikes destroyed almost all Syria's air defense equipment, which enabled Israeli warplanes to pass through Syrian airspace more safely and launch attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.Peter teale, a Silicon Valley tycoon, said that he would not play a "full-time" role in Trump's second-term administration. If he spends his whole life thinking about politics, he will become "depressed and crazy".The composite index of Athens Stock Exchange of Greece closed up 0.36% at 1469.32 points, up 0.88% this week.

Economists predict that the Fed will only cut interest rates three times next year. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect that the Fed will cut interest rates for the third time in a row this month, and lower the expected number of interest rate cuts next year. The market expects Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and his colleagues to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. If the expectation is true, it means that interest rates have been lowered by 1 percentage point since September. Next year's interest rate cut will slow down faster than officials expected three months ago. Most economists predict that interest rates will be cut only three times in 2025 because of the small progress in fighting inflation.The S&P 500 index fell, and the Nasdaq 100 index rose to 0.6%.London cocoa futures rose more than 4% to 8516 pounds a ton.