According to Yonhap News Agency: US Secretary of State Rubio assured the South Korean Foreign Minister that he will cooperate with relevant US agencies to issue a joint statement on the summit.

The Hong Kong SAR government has decided to lodge a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States' imposition of additional tariffs on Hong Kong products. The SAR government expresses strong dissatisfaction with the US's actions and urges the US to immediately correct its wrongdoings.

According to Yonhap News Agency: South Korea’s Foreign Minister asked US Secretary of State Rubio to quickly release a joint briefing from the South Korea-US summit last month.

Japanese exchanges are said to be studying how to curb the hoarding of cryptocurrencies by listed companies.

The concept of innovative drugs in Hong Kong stocks rose. BeiGene (06160.HK) and 3SBio Pharmaceuticals (01530.HK) rose by more than 6%, China National Biopharmaceuticals (01177.HK) rose by 5.6%, Innovent Biologics (01801.HK) rose by more than 4%, and Ascletis Pharmaceuticals (01672.HK) and CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (01093.HK) rose by more than 3%.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index fell more than 1% to 8,701.80 points, its lowest level since August 5.