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CNBC Daily Open: Trump brandishes tariffs for peace, not a trade war
US President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 14, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Here’s a tariff we can get behind. At a White House meeting on Monday with NATO’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, U.S. […]
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Asia markets open mixed as investors await key China data
Asia-Pacific markets open mixed Asia-Pacific markets started the day mixed Tuesday. As of 8.10 a.m. Singapore time (8.10 p.m. Monday ET), Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark was flat while the broader Topix index added 0.32%. In South Korea, the Kospi index was down 0.31% while the small-cap Kosdaq moved up 0.26%. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark advanced […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Surprise tariff salvo on Saturday
President Donald Trump participates in a round table event at the Hill Country Youth Event Center to discuss last week’s flash flooding on July 11, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images No one likes working over the weekend. Unless you are the leader of the free world firing off social media posts […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open lower as investors assess Trump’s 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico
Asia-Pacific markets open mixed Asia-Pacific markets started the day mixed Monday. As of 8.10 a.m. Singapore time, Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark lost 0.33% while the broader Topix index ticked down 0.21%. In South Korea, the Kospi index was up 0.22% while the small-cap Kosdaq moved up 0.19%. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark was down 0.1%. — […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The battleground for Fed chair might have shifted to renovations from rates
Construction work around the Federal Reserve building on Sept. 17, 2024 in Washington, DC, U.S. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Homo economicus, or the “economic man,” is an idea that depicts humans as rational beings. This assumption has been used to construct models of the economy and, more broadly, society. The […]
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The palace, the protests and the red carpet: How OPEC’s seminar played out
The Hofburg palace receives attendees to the July 9-10 OPEC Seminar conference in Vienna. Ruxandra Iordache | CNBC For centuries, Vienna’s romantic Hofburg palace served as a winter residence of the imperial Habsburg dynasty — this week, though, it welcomed Saudi royalty, energy ministers, top CEOs and a slew of analysts traders and more. Here are some highlights: The […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Building renovations might be another front in Trump’s attacks on Powell
Construction on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Homo economicus, or the “economic man,” is an idea that depicts humans as rational beings. This assumption has been used to construct models of the economy and, more broadly, society. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: AI is drawing investors’ attention away from fresh tariffs
Cranes unload the cargo of Panamanian flagged bulk carrier Star Taishan at the Port of Rio Grande, southern Brazil, on May 6, 2025. Silvio Avila | AFP | Getty Images Just this morning Singapore time, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the 50% tariff on copper imports, which he announced earlier on Tuesday, will begin […]
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CNBC Daily Open: More tariff letters are out, but investors have their eyes on AI
Aerial photo taken on April 3, 2025 shows a view of a port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wang Tiancong | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Just this morning Singapore time, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the 50% tariff on copper imports, which he announced earlier on Tuesday, will begin on Aug. 1. […]
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Copper now costs way more in the U.S. than elsewhere. This could hit its economy hard
Close up of electrical engineer inspecting copper windings in an electrical engineering factory. Monty Rakusen | Digitalvision | Getty Images The cost of copper for U.S. buyers has rocketed after President Donald Trump said he would impose a 50% tariff on imports of the metal. It means that already elevated prices are now even higher […]
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