trump administration. we are of course going to see at the center of the new economic team janet yellen. she served as chair of the federal reserve, but this is going to be a very different role as treasury secretary, a political role where she will have to work with members of congress. you can see the rest of the top members of the economic team who we re told will be on stage with president-elect biden and vice president-kamala harris. they re going to layout a starkly different view, economic view, than the trump administration. they ll talk about how they need government spending and government programs to help workers. that s what s going to be the focus of this. and income inequality janet yellen talked about for years, back when it was controversial, leading the fed she talked about income inequality, she said this is not a matter of politics, it is a matter of the economy. she will talk about that as well. of course, all of the nominees we re about to see on stage wi
crabs while on vacation. as the burning amazon rain forest becomes a burning disaster, brazil s government says mind your own business. itthe president has tossed hand grenade into the stock market. china announced retaliation tariffs on everything from coffee to car parts, wheat and whiskey. the markets took the news pretty well. a short time ago president trump tweeted his anger at china, saying things like we don t need china, and urging american companies to look elsewhere for trade partners. the market reacted dramatically to that. now, remember, this is all coming just as the president prepares to looeeave the countr this evening, heading to france for the g-7 summit where testy relations and fresh disagreements with top u.s. allies will be on full display. the president also tweeting that he will be responding to china s tariffs this afternoon, so we should be expecting that at any moment and will bring that to you. alison kosik is our business correspondent. she s