All that and more on making money. Dagen is a rollback in tariffs in the cards to get a trade deal done with china . Both sides reportedly weighing that option as they get closer to putting pen to paper. Edward lawrence, live in washington with more. Hey, edward. Reporter good to see you. Feeling of goodwill between the u. S. And china over trade is starting to seep into tariffs. People familiar with the talks are telling us china would roll back tariffs as part of a trade deal. In an oped in Chinese State media says cancellation of u. S. Tariffs already imposed should be a necessary condition for reaching an agreement. The moneys writer said to be close to the trade talks on the chinese side. The chinese have been working throughout the process to get tariffs removed or repealed, especially tariffs set for december 15th. Those are still set to be added. The trade talks are still happening almost daily. In phone conversations at the deputy level, the two sides are trying to find a location to sign a phase one trade deal. Once the language gets finalized of the President Donald Trump mentioned iowa. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley chairs the Senate Finance committee. Director of communications for that Committee Says this, quote, senator grassley would welcome a visit by President Trump and xi to iowa. Farmers have been hit by the trade war and and. Still a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign ministry not rule out a trip to the u. S. By the chinese president. He says that the two president s remain in contact through various means. Dagen. Dagen edward, thank you for that, Edward Lawrence in washington. How likely is it that the United States will roll back the tariffs to get china on board . For all of that, welcome former trump trade and jobs advisor curtis ellis. Does the president know that the economy is his ticket to getting reelected next year and if he wants to keep seeing new alltime highs in the stock market something needs to get done and now . Youre right, the economy is his ticket to getting reelected. Look what were having. Economy defies all expectations. From the moment he first imposed tariffs on china, people were rechecking the sky would fall and economy would stall, stock market would crash, unemployment would skyrocket. None of that has happened. What were seeing as jobs come back to america and wages increase people have more spending optimism, could be super optimism and Small Business optimism is a high. That is propelling the economy. China wants to push tariffs. That is only thing gotten them to the negotiating table. Dagen manufacturing, i was one of those naysayers, not saying that the sky wasnt chicken little but again manufacturing contracted three months in a row and it is the u. S. Consumer holding up the economy right now. Tariffs talked about being, pulled back, cutting tariffs, 15 on the 111 billion in chinese imports, that was imposed on september the 1st, it is those very tariffs that retailers and apparel producers were worried because it hits the consumer directly. This would seem like not only to use that word appeasement of china or, basically giving something to get something in a trade deal but also good to make sure that the consumer stays healthy . Remember you cant be a consumer unless youre first a producer. You have to earn money to spend money and that is what President Trumps policy is all about, boosting american wages, boosting buying power, consumerring power if you will of the American Population by increasing jobs and increasing the opportunities here. So that is what America First policies is about. It is about bringing jobs back to this hemisphere, to this country. We have to keep that in mind. Now when, apparel was made here, when a lot of these things made overseas were made here, people had more buying power. Dagen what is the harm rolling back tariffs if it means getting phase one done. Is think any is there any . Dagen any harm rolling back tariffs. Could be seen as appeasement, a sign of weakness on china this is the only thing gotten them to the negotiating table. We need to get them to stop stealing and cheating and living up to the agreements they made. In a sense weve been here before. We thought we had agreement in may. We were ready to sign it, everything was expected. They pull back to the and pull back and hope inertia and momentum make them sign less than optimism agreement. Dagen do you think investors getting out over their skis . They could be. They could be. Well have to wait and see. All anonymous leaks, that is very suspicious. Bob lighthizer runs a very tight ship. He does not leak. Anybody who leaks in washington, as you know, dagen is trying to advance their own agenda. Dagen well see what happens with those tear riffs. Thank you so much, curtis. Thank you. Dagen curtis ellis. Can trade optimism alone continue to lift the markets . To discuss welcome divine ceo danny hughes, and phil blancato. Good to see you both. Danny, i asked curtis this, are investors getting out over their skis or is there enough good news in terms of strong earnings, strong consumer, job market, wage growth running 3 above inflation . Is there enough out there to justify where the markets are at these new all times highs . You hit all of the big points, dagen. Jobs growth has been phenomenal. Octobers numbers really hit it out of the park. Then we got an uptick in august and september as well. In the face of all this growth we have the fed cutting rates. You would think investors have anything they ever wanted on the buffet plate. But Earnings Growth hasnt been what we wanted it to be. Were clocking in now on 3 4 of Earnings Growth declines in the s p. So that is something to keep an eye on. We expect in the Fourth Quarter to see Earnings Growth declines as well. It is not until first and Second Quarter of 2020 that analysts are expecting some kind of growth. Dagen phil, but you have look at the rest of the world. I know it has been a different scenario in recent weeks. So far this year, the United States stock market has been head and shoulders above the other stock markets. It has been outperforming europe, china, emerging markets. 20 up for the s p 500. Do you put money, seems like the markets play catchup in recent weeks . Where do you allocate money if youre in equities . If youre in equities somewhat problematic. We could rotate toward value because they were cheaper. Growth stocks certainly not inexpensive. You look at the composite, the entire marketplace is not cheap to the point that earnings are not great. You have to be methodical. Pay to wait around. By companies you can earn income. Price matters. Look for Good Companies fairly priced if they exist and they do but you want to earn money. Want to pay a quality dividend. Dagen every single sector in the s p 500 are up yeartodate. Where would you go for income producing stocks . Cyclicals. Think of staple like costco or walmart where i get a big dividend or verizon. Where will i get a decent dividend to allow me to participate but earn. That is the key. When things get expensive, you dont want to spend on something with downside risk, we get a big headline, xi wakes up, im not ready for this. We get a real downside. How do you avoid that . Get some income. Be paid to wait around. Dagen 11 sectors done the best yeartodate through yesterday, up nearly 40 thereabouts, those Expensive Companies have actually continued to do well like an apple. Target even. Those stocks are up 60 or more so far this year. A lot of companies are knocking it out of the park. Chipolte is up 90 this year. Dagen right. To your point, youre preaching to the choir. Earning money while sitting and waiting even throughout the small utility we can really expect over the next quarter. Dont forget last year on Christmas Eve we did not get what we expected. The market fell apart at the seems. It was not expected by anyone. We had a. Have shaped recovery but that could happen anytime. That is volatility we should expect and be in names solid waiting wait. Add on that. You cant go neutral. What is neutral . Balanced account, 65 or 68 equity, go back to 55, 60. Earn profit. Take money on the table. There is a chance. We get another december. Granted Fourth Quarter, election year, all positive stimulus. At least earn a little money and rotate. Dagen where do you allocate . Longerterm treasurys, the 10year . Asking where it was. 1. 8 fixed income too expensive. It worries me on the long end of the curve. Earn point 1 2 on short end. Buy two year duration etf if i want or Corporate Bond from mutual fund that will pay a decent money market, 1. 50, 1. 75 to be paid to wait around see what happens. Dagen you pointed out the christmas selloff. But the selloff started early november last year. The trigger, one of the triggers was the 10year yield was at about 3. 25 . I think it peaked 3. 24 last november. Because again, the world woke up, realized we cant have longterm Interest Rates at these levels because were not only indebted in the United States but indebted world. Look where it is now. Is that something you worry about, much higher longerterm rates here . I think the sky was falling mantra happened a lot when the yield curve inverted. Everybody was thinking this portends a recession, everyone was saying that were going to get a recession. Dagen we have historically. A lot of that thats right. Tough look at global scene. What is going on in fact, in some countries in europe theyre paying you to take out a mortgage. So Interest Rates are so low theyre negative in other countries. Money is flowing over here to the safety which is driving yields down. Get something right. The fed did something right. Cutting rates three times. So they finally gotten that where banks make money. Borrow on short end helped on president and fed made comments that pounded on market. Youre right, Interest Rates spiked this was more headline driven. Will earnings, s p up 24 that is not great. That is not the situation where you want to dump a bunch of money in the equity market unless you get a catalyst to drive earnings higher. That catalyst has to come on number of fronts. Resolution with china. Dagen do you worry about the headlines . Drip, drip, transcripts, volcker and sondland transcripts coming out . One day different individuals. Do you worry about the impeachment risk at all . Yes. 100 . I think there is a big concern about that headline risk. I think that weighs on the market. I also think of the dripping of optimism around what could happen with china, keeps us at the end of the tether. Eventually something has got to give. Impeachment i think it is nonsense. The senate will never vote to impeach president in fourth year. You might get a moment on congressional side. Maybe they get there they have as much to lose than gain. Markets climb a wall of worry. Take some profits. Take an opportunity to mutual fund to earn money. See how it plays out. Dagen thank you, fill, danny. Top company experiments with a fourDay Work Week and productivity skyrockets. Could a short Day Work Week go mainstream . Polls today with 2020 election one year away. Is this a referendum for President Trump and the economy . We break it all down next. Heading into retirement you want to follow your passions rather than worry about how to pay for longterm care. 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But both parties are looking to todays vote as some sort of referendum on President Trump and to test voter enthusiasm ahead of 2020. Joining me now, Fox News Contributor deroy murdoch, Liz Harrington and democratic strategist, laura fang. I end with you begin with you, laura. What do you think . Amazing were talking about these state as bellwether, deeply red kentucky and deeply red virginia and a state went with the nominee for president in last three elections. Im looking for trend line among particularly demographics, looking at white women, married white women, suburban white women, white women without a college degree, are they turning out, who are they voting for . We saw almost three categories moving away from the trump in 2018 election and well be excited to see if that continues. Dagen liz, i note in the kentucky race governor matt bevin trying to defend his the governorship from democratic attorney general andy beshear, he has been running ads tying beshear to the National Democrats leading the impeachment charge. Could we read into that at all . Absolutely. Americans are sick and tired of democrat tactics trying to impeach this president before he was even sworn in. That is what weve seen. I would point to the data that weve seen speaks real trouble for democrats. In the past two rallies President Trump when he went to mississippi and kentucky last night, a quarter of attendees were registered democrat voters. That is because the democrat party, their race to the left has left millions of voters behind. Theyre joining our ranks. Were expanding our base. Dagen donald trump, deroy, won kentucky by 30 points. It shouldnt be a squeaker but maybe goes to matt bevins personality. Only President Trump can be President Trump so to speak. Battle of tough personalities, right . Exactly. This will determine, we wont know if its a referendum until wednesday morning. If things go well for President Trump, media will forget about this, shout about impeachment. If it goes badly and republicans should run away. Media will forget about if gop does well. If the gop does badly, they will maximize this for left ring purposes. Dagen laura, how do you expect the economy to play out though . In the state of kentucky for example, the current governor, bevin, doesnt have, he has got some personality issues, well, just, i think there was one column in the wall street journal referred to him as aabrasive, unpopular. Nevertheless in the state the economy added 93,000 jobs since bevin took office after losing 12,000 during the last three years of his democratic predecessor. Just happens to be the democratic nominees father, if you keep up with that. How does the economy play in mississippi i last looked had 49th highest Unemployment Rate in the nation . Well you know the economy is really a personal thing. People with stock portfolios may be feeling confident. People have to work two of those jobs make the unemployment numbers so low, feeling a little bit different about it at the Kitchen Table. Get back to white women for a second dagen laura, i got to correct you. That is not how the Unemployment Rate is calculated. The unememployment doesnt factor, that is not the way it works, aoc made that mistake. That is not what im saying. What im saying politically if youre working a couple jobs you will not feel like the economy is working for you. That is the point. I think to get back to the swing voters that are white women for a minute, democrats are coming after white women like faith hill after tim mcgraw in tight jeans. Theyre talking about Kitchen Table issues, talking about wages. Talking about health care. Talking how the economy comes home daytoday with moms and their kids. I think that will be the measure of todays election and of things moving forward. Because it is not just the aggregate economic numbers we like to talk about here. How it is hitting home for working people. Dagen liz, President Trump went out on a limb here. He is trying to pull the two republican candidates in mississippi as you pointed out in kentucky over the line. Absolutely. Look at kentucky. Since the 1970s, the last 10 governors only two have been republican. So we dont, republicans dont take any voters for granted. Well show up. President trump has delivered time and time again for candidates, getting them across the finish line. I would just say we certainly hope this is referendum on President Trump and his unprecedented accomplishments. The trump economy seen almost 7 million new jobs, wages are finally rising at such a strong rate. Unemployment is down to 50year low, breaking records time and time again for black unemployment, latino unemployment, this is so strong. We expect this to be a referendum on the trump economy. How come he cant show up in virginia . Stump in virginia we have to show up everywhere. Just because Northern Virginia is extension of the swamp doesnt mean that state is totally lost to the beltway. Pushing abortion after birth. He is pushing open sanctuary cities. That is not viable to vast majority of beginnians. Dagen let me get deroy in here talking about my home state. It is deeply, deeply purple. Northern virginia through the tied water region, that little area of red is smaller and smaller. Deroy, final word. Laura talking about plight of women economy and voting at polls. We have lowest female unemployment since the eisenhower era, since the 1950s. Approaching 5,000dollar increase in household income. 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Boeings really stuck in a hard spot here. They cant get access to the full information contained in the black boxes. They have got a congress that is, grandstanding on this issue. And their product is the one that is taking the hit, just hitting on the ground, not making any money for them. He is really in a tough spot. I think he was smart to avert a pr hiccup here by declining his compensation. Dagen it is more than a hiccup. These planes are still on the ground. Boeing has, bringing them back into service has been delayed time and again, repeated delays in fact. Boeing said it expects regulators will sign off on a package to get them back in the air with software fixes, approve new Pilot Training in the coming weeks but could his job be in jeopardy after they get this bird back in the skies so to speak . I dont know. I mean i think boeing has done everything they possibly could do after what has happened. I mean they have been incredibly cooperative. I know committees of jurisdiction on the hill have not been happy with the pace boeing is turning over documents. It is still a private company. They have a lot of information. And it just takes time to get that process moving. So you will continue to have congress grandstanding, hopefully well not have more legislation moving that is going to jeopardize a system that has worked fairly well. If you look at, aside from the the major crashes, we had not had a fatality in 10 years other than a single person. This is system that works fairly well. So i would hate for congress to come in and ruin this just to show that they care more than anybody else. Dagen make it a shareholder issue though, these crashes, this foulup with the software on this 737 max that was under muilenburgs watch, period. It was under his watch but the system had been put in i believe prior to him arriving there and if you cant have the information that shows exactly what happened at each flight, i mean if you look at the, these two crashes, one of the airplanes should have never even been put into service, it had so many maintenance issues. The second one, i dont think you had pilots with sufficient training to handle the situation. So you can blame the ceo of boeing. Obviously the stock price is going to take a hit but at the end of i think youre getting airplanes back up in the air. They will start making money for boeing. Dagen i said this with neil cavuto. He tau me this. Harry s. Truman had a sign on the desk, the buck stops here. Of. At the end of the day applies to every ceo of a Publiclytraded Company particularly one involved in crashes that i will kill people. Thank you. Good to see you. Absolutely. Dagen take care. 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The hearing is hosted by senator josh hawley. He is chairman of this committee. He is looking how big tech exposes user information to bad actors like china. Ticktock lets users up load 15 videos. Ticktock is a huge competitor to other apps like instagram and apchat and coming under major scrutiny. Ticktock is owned by a china based company, spike dance. They are sparking National Security concerns and about censorship. Ticktock says they dont let china sensor the con it on the. That the government has no access to user data. A Washington Post report today, saying moderators in beijing have final say overflagged content even when u. S. Employees disagreed with decisions to block or penalize videos. Senator hawley tweeting this about the article, censorship directed from beijing. We know why ticktock was afraid to testify. A lot to discuss this afternoon. Including a letter that ticktock submitted to the committee. We got our hands on that letter, dagen. It basically said they do not censor any data. All of the moderate decisions or content decisions are made by a u. S. Team based here. Dagen . Dagen hillary, thank you for that. Hillary vaughn in washington. Joining me is trusted ceo dave kennedy. I guess the lawmakers should say to ticktock, prove it . The core issues, china being one of our largest adversaries where they steal intellectual property, surveillance of their own people, surveiled u. S. Nationals with opm data breach with cleared individuals in the military. That is one major issue around the National Security front but area around First Amendment rights, around freedom of speech is the also large concerning issue. Weve seen a lot of large censorship with hong kong especially with beijing, them pushing those types of activities. The concern is what type of censorship is happening. Tiktok has not provided any internals how the Company Operates or works. That is major concern as the application grows in substantial amount of popularity. Dagen issue how these acquisitions the growth of these companies and their power and what theyre doing, with the data, whether its a company, a Parent Company based in china or even one here at home. It highlights how regulators look the other way and dont pay attention. I think about people upset with the size of facebook. Where was regulators when it was acquiring facebook and whatsapp . This was 2017 acquisition, beijing based bite dance acquired. Musically in 77. Basically shut musically down in favor of ticktock. Tiktok exploded in popularity. They have bipartisan support in washington, wait a minute. We need to know what theyre doing with the data and how they might be censoring american citizens. That is absolutely right. There is no question that chinas really trying to make a push in the technological field. Look at huawei for example, influence there, the sanctions came across there. There was a russian app that made you look older originally. This date is being shared pretty much freely with the organizations and the government there is no im interested to see if tiktok will be transparent, who stores data, who has access to it. They say no one has access. U. S. Employees filter those, look through those. I would be interested to see how that pans out, if that is actually true. Dagen how many more reporters get on the story, two reporters at Washington Post as hillary mentioned. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Dagen coming up were swinging through the swing states, stopping in michigan for a look how the economy there would influence the race for the white house. Microsoft testing a fourDay Work Week. It turns out it was successful. Details after the break. So what are you working on . Im searching for info on options trading, and look, it feels like im just wasting time. Wasted time is wasted opportunity. Exactly. 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Making meetings more efficient and less timeconsuming. More than 90 of the employees said they were impacted by this the company even said because it was closed extra day, saved money and resources. You think electricity, airconditioning, that kind of thing. Really remarkable. I wouldnt mind a fourDay Work Week. Dagen is there any shot they do it here in the United States . Folks i know who work fourDay Work Weeks, they work longer days. Get same number of hours n a tech company quite frankly youre working seven days a week. Right. Dagen you expected to have your phone with you, be reachable at all hours. So they will try another experiment in japan and see if it works again. If the results are consistent with what they found. Perhaps it could be become more widespread, more pervasive. I think, here, in our culture, the flex work week, like youre describing, technology, allowing people to work remotely, doing different things, might be more of an option than saying well have a threeday weekend. Sounds a little farfetched for me. Dagen some people get threeday weekends. That is the possibility you work monday through thursday or tuesday through friday. So you always have staffed. You just dont have everybody working all the time. Thank you. Of course. Dagen would you do it . Reporter i would do it. A little more of a flexible approach. Im a big believer put a little more in. Be tougher, what do they say play hard what is that . Play hard . Work hard, play hard. That is what i was thinking of. Dagen we work hard, work hard. Why my brain is oatmeal. Thank you, jackie. Good to see. President trump touting the economy as the stock market hits new alltime highs. One crucial swing state might still be shaky for him in 2020. Were live on the ground in michigan. 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He is a very interesting guy because he has been dealt a very tough hand this year. Everything from hurricanes to incrementally higher fuel prices have made the cruising industry a little bit challenging here. Let me tell you, the stock is on the move right now. Were going to hear from him, how november, december bookings are looking. This is a stock weve been watching because, with some of the other cruise stocks, it has had a rocky road. But Arnold Donald says he will be looking far east. You mentioned china. Wait until you see the ship. Well look into detailed ship. This special ship they have made particularly for the chinese consumer, dagen, who is faster, furiously deciding, you know what . Well take some juan, to take cruises. You have to see the ship. It is unbelievable. Dagen thank you, liz. Tune in to the claman countdown at the top of the hour here on fox business. Were one year away from the 2020 election. The race could come down to a few key swing states. One of them, michigan, helped put trump to victory in 2016. Will history repeat itself. I cant speak. Im so in awe of you connell mcshane. In macomb county, michigan. Reporter always had that effect. Here in macomb county, every single president ial election. Some signs the economy is starting to slow down a little bit. The state of michigan lost more than 6,000 manufacturing jobs this year. Here in macomb county, Unemployment Rate. A year ago it was 3. 7 . It is ticked up a even 4 . So it is going in that direction. If you look at this area. Obviously auto country. Car dealership, auto company after auto company. Talk to many voters that work at the companies. They acknowledge things may be slowing a little bit. Especially among Trump Supporters we spoke to. Theyre not ready to jump off the train so to speak. Take a listen. Car industry dominates this area right now. It is bluecollar county. Spiraling up and up and up. I got to say, trump kept it going. He is doing a good job. He is bringing back work for us. Im not opposed to republicans. I do usually tend to vote for a democrat because thats, you know, theyre more for the ground level, which you know, the workers, that type of thing. So it would really depend, would i vote for him . Absolutely not. Reporter all kinds of opinions in area like this one. Let me show you the company that is hosting us. They make equipment used in the automotive and aerospace industries. Executives have been telling us throughout the day. Theyre still growing and hiring. They do say manufacturing more broadly may be starting to slow down. Anyway, we have a big show planned. We brought our own television studio. Guys setting up for after the bell. Hard at work, before we came on tv live. Well see you, melissa in new york. Me in michigan. Dagen im jealous. You get to go on the road so much. You know . Reporter that is the reason. You can come next time. I dont know what to say. Dagen coming next time. 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A year they demanded to get out of military contract and how asking to reduce the carbon footprint, i get that, that makes sense, part of sustainable emission on their part but also demanding that the management not take contract anything to do with fossil fuel or fossil fuel growth, i dont care which part of the Climate Change you end up, part of the transition from one to the next, i question the ultimate motives here. Dagen this does raise issue of bank of americaing raising without politician doing that, you also have stake with stakeholders, the language of elizabeth warren. The language of elizabeth warren, Government Official on the board. Just like china, the push from the left is very much proeurope and they are trying to get the europe mind set but with that comes slow every growth and you have to be willing to accept that. Shes bringing medicare for all package, thats frankly intellectual dishonest because her assumptions that based on 20 trilliondollar price tag when you really do the math and you really dig down into this, theres no way you can do for 20 trillion, 30, perhaps 40. Dagen taxes didnt work in host of european countries, magically its going to work in the United States, money is mobile and it moves, dave, real quick, where do we go . We have the respect the price, we are at alltime high, it wasnt as draconian as it was. Even today we had a service nonmanufacturing number that was better than expected. Good news. Dagen we are a Services Economy so we like that that. We are. Dagen tariff reprieved maybe, maybe. Will weigh heavily on the election next year. Dagen thank you so much, right now it is all about liz claman, over to you. All about wall street records, right, wall street records, the dow about to lock second Straight Record close, the nasdaq at third after both hit all time highs, same with the s p 500, s p, better by just half a point, so its a little bit hit or miss, too close to call, you to stay with us for the entire hour to see a trifecta of records, markets getting a boost on worth that billions of dollars of tariffs could be rolled back if the u. S. And china really want to lock in the phase 1 of the potential trade deal. One Company Going full steam ahead in china expansion, carnival, specifically catering the big spending chinese