Extremely that would send an already sagging market even lower to the weekend when President Trump spoke, he was so mad that the market was able to make a comeback, now ultimately dipping just 18 points the nasdaq surging 1. 29 lets understand our idea of measured response is not chinas idea of a measured response. I think theyre going to see this as a real provocation, and theyll feel compelled to respond, which brings us to the game plan for next week. Mondays all about retaliation from china at this point, we all know how this story goes, right it always is tit for tat every time President Trump lands a blow, its met with a counter blow we have to presume china escalates things, if only to show they understand the end game, which seems like containment or isolation except this time maybe were the ones being contained. For decades we refused to recognize the peoples republic of china and our government treated them like an outlaw or the outlaw that they were. Then president nixon in
Reopening. What is it like to go out to dinner well let you know. A buffett solomon breakup. Well focus on another berkshire breakup making waves ahead of the open. Tsa temperature checks and massive lines out of the industryway . Some of the ideas being floated with more than a dozen out there to get the American Economy and airports going again it is monday, may 18th and youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc good monday morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching us thank you for starting off your monday on cnbc im Brian Sullivan we have a fair amount of green on the screen and a little optimism to start your week. We can all use some of that. Certainly we can and the markets are reflecting it. Many countries are starting to reopen and there are some positive virus trends. Fewer cases and, more importantly, a slowdown in fatalities, at least around the world. Dow futures are up about 300 points right now perhaps th
Jet. A decade of boom or bust as our room to run series tackles the Energy Sector asking if a turnaround in 2020 could be in the books. And disney yields the power of the force in theaters today. All of that as Worldwide Exchange begins right now good morning and welcome im in for brian sullivan. We begin with late last night. The house of representatives historically impeached donald trump. Tracie potts joins us now from washington, d. C. We knew this was going to happen, so now what happens next thats the interesting question when is that trial going to get started . We are not quite sure. President trump says hes eager to clear his name but the person who holds the key to when that will begin is House Speaker nancy pelosi after the vote last night, what she said could slow things down. For only the third time in u. S. History, a president has been impeached. It doesnt really feel like we are being impeached President Trump at a rally in michigan aiming his ire squarely at nancy pelo
S p down just over a point and the dow down around 27 points. A lot of this watching what was happening in the market. Seeing the facts and circumstances that yield has continued to pick up as well getting to washington lawmakers voting along party lines to impeach the president we have more now good morning the House Chamber got a little roudy as leaders from both parties made their final speeches democrats did not choose this impeach. We did not wish for it i see coming out of a president who will put his head down and do his job. He will put the American People first. Ultimately, both articles did pass on mere party line votes and the discussion has merely shifted to what comes next House Speaker was not committal when asked whether the democrats will send the article over to the senate she even got a little combative after the vote well make a decision when we see what they are doing on the senate side. That is a decision well make fluently the Senate Majority leader does plan to m
After we got the outline of phase one trade deal china President Trump has agreed to lower some of our tariffs in exchange for, it looks like, 50 billion a year in agricultural purchases. And some much firmer protections against intellectual property theft and currency manipulation. And those last two pieces, please, youve got to understand thats what the United States is fighting for thats the real meat of the deal we need Chinese Companies steal our patents and trade secrets and we need china to swear off currency manipulation. I dont know i assume the case. I think let me tell you i want to make this really clear. Ag is not what this is about but we got to spend some time on it because its what people are going to talk about. China has a history of not following through with its trade commitments. And this time, weve got powerful enforcement mechanism theres still going to be a 25 tariff on 250 billion worth of chinese imports with a 7. 5 levy on another 120 billion that had been cu