Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Friday

The Ministry of Finance of China: Starting from April, the export tax rebate for value-added tax on 249 products including photovoltaics will be canceled, and starting next year, the export tax rebate for value-added tax on battery products will be canceled. The U.S. non-farm payrolls increased by 50,000 in December, falling short of expectations, while the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4%, with significant downward revisions of 76,000 for the previous two months. Greenland mining company Amaroq revealed that the U.S. government is negotiating for investment to secure supplies of gold, copper, and rare metals. Trump announced the cancellation of the second wave of sanctions against Venezuela, causing international oil prices to briefly decline. Reports indicate that the Bank of Japan may raise its economic growth forecast while planning to maintain interest rates unchanged this month. South Korea's foreign exchange market has been significantly relaxed: 24-hour trading began in July, and offshore restrictions were eased in September. Taiwan Semiconductor's revenue in December increased by 20% year-on-year, and it is expected that Q4 revenue will exceed NT$1 trillion, with strong AI demand alleviating market bubble concerns. Meta has made a massive order for 6 gigawatts of nuclear energy! Surpassing Amazon and Google, it has become the largest nuclear energy buyer among tech giants. Lambda, a cloud service provider supported by Nvidia, has raised $350 million and plans to go public this year. The Vice President of Google Cloud has switched to Nvidia as CMO and will report directly to Jensen Huang. Reports indicate that DeepSeek will release its next-generation AI model V4 in February, featuring "powerful" programming capabilities. The Nikkei 225 rose by 1.6%, while the Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.92%; the Hang Seng Index rose by 0.32%