U.S. President Biden: (Statement from the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee) Congratulations to the auto workers who filed for union election. It is the workers’ decision whether to join the union.

SK Hynix begins mass production of HBM3E high-bandwidth memory.

The main contract of Shanghai Tin rose by more than 2.00% during the day, now trading at 232470.00 yuan / ton.

The main iron ore contract rose by 2.00% during the day and is now quoted at 801.00 yuan/ton.

Dell (DELL.N) CEO sells $145.3 million in shares.

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takeru Saito: Will send the head of the energy agency to visit Niigata on March 21.

On March 18, local time, a United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Japan returned to San Francisco International Airport due to mechanical failure.

According to Syrian state media: Israeli air strikes on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria.

On March 18, Grayscale GBTC outflowed US$643 million, the largest single-day capital outflow to date.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: The government will adopt various policies to ensure that the positive momentum in wages continues to develop.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: We clearly see some positive signs in the economy, such as strong corporate spending willingness.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: It is important that wage growth can be passed on to small businesses.

White House: US President Biden will receive Philippine President Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on April 11.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: The Bank of Japan will decide the specific details of monetary policy.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Will not comment on any upcoming policy measures by the Bank of Japan.

According to Axios: Israel and Hamas begin talks on details of hostage deal.

According to Korean media: Samsung SDI may produce 46-Phi batteries at a General Motors joint venture plant.

Brazilian Finance Minister Haddad: Brazil’s draft tax reform regulations may be completed in March.

U.S. Democratic Senator Manchin: The top agenda issue of the Energy Committee this year is infrastructure licensing reform.

Google Cloud and Nvidia expand partnership to advance artificial intelligence.