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‘This is sell America’ — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes as globe flees U.S. assets
A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange next to a U.S. flag after Republican Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, in New York, Nov. 6, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The “sell America” trade is in full swing Tuesday morning after President Donald Trump and European leaders escalated tensions over Greenland. U.S. […]
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‘Stay calm’ and ‘this is the new normal’: What banking CEOs are saying about the global market sell-off
Bank chiefs called for calm on Tuesday as stocks plummeted after President Donald Trump’s threats of fresh tariffs. The pan-European Stoxx 600 dropped about 1.2% in morning trade Tuesday — with the continent’s major bourses and most sectors heavily selling off — after Trump floated a potential 200% levy on French wine and champagne. In […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The EU has a nuclear option to deal with Trump’s Greenland tariffs — and is mulling over it
Flags of the European Union fly outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on December 19, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen stood firm on the island’s self-governance, saying on Monday that the “latest statements from the US, including threats of tariffs, do […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The EU prepares to respond to Trump’s Greenland tariffs
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House on Jan. 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Tom Brenner | Getty Images If economic sanctions are designed to apply pressure without firing a shot, then U.S. President Donald Trump has aimed directly at America’s closest military allies. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s Greenland tariffs draw the EU into the fray
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters If economic sanctions are designed to apply pressure without firing a shot, then U.S. President Donald Trump has aimed directly at […]
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Global week ahead: Hopes that cooler heads can prevail in Davos
World Economic Forum security badges Leonie Kidd | CNBC Davos Season I have been going to the World Economic Forum since 2009, when I was a young news assistant on “Squawk Box Europe” and had no idea what I was getting into. Back then, and still now, it is CNBC International’s biggest outside broadcast of […]
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European stocks hit record high as focus shifts to Greenland talks; BP warns of $5 billion impairment charge
The flags of Denmark, left, and Greenland fly side-by-side outside Hotel Soma in Ilulissat, Greenland, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. Juliette Pavy | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks opened in broadly positive territory on Wednesday as investors in the region focus on an upcoming meeting between U.S., Greenlandic and Danish officials to […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Worries over Iran and Fed independence weigh on markets
U.S. President Donald Trump visits a Ford production center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday that he had “cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials,” and reiterated his support for protestors fueling one of the largest anti-government demonstrations in […]
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CNBC Daily Open: U.S. stocks dip and oil jumps as Iran, Fed independence concerns rise
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 13, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday that he had “cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials,” and reiterated his support for protestors fueling […]
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European shares open broadly higher as geopolitics remains in focus
A trader works at his desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell in New York on December 3, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks opened higher on Tuesday, as investors continued to weigh geopolitical developments in Iran, and the launching […]
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