BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is buying the ports on both sides of the Panama Canal, after Donald Trump threatened the Latin American country and forced it to pressure a Hong Kong company to sell its stake. Ben Norton discusses how the US government is trying to weaken China -- and strengthen Wall Street oligarchs.
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Sep 24
This massive new Russia-China project will have huge impact on world
Donald Trump wants to use tariffs to force countries to buy more US oil and natural gas. Instead, China and Russia signed a deal to build the massive Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, which could transform the global energy market. Russia is integrating with Asia, while Europe faces a ... Show More
38 m
Jan 2025
DeepSeek’s Breakthrough Pushes AI Up on Trump’s To-Do List
P.M. Edition for Jan. 28. Now that Chinese company DeepSeek has made a sophisticated—and cheaper—artificial-intelligence model, American tech companies want clarity on what the Trump administration will do about AI. Amrith Ramkumar, who covers tech policy for WSJ, discusses what ... Show More
13m 54s
Feb 2025
Trump’s tariffs, Rubio in Panama, Grammys and a reservation’s fentanyl crisis
President Donald Trump says sweeping tariffs that he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China may cause "short term" pain for Americans, with global stock markets tumbling over concerns of a damaging trade war. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged Panama to reduce what Tr ... Show More
12m 42s
Feb 2025
Trump 2.0: Less Foreign Aid, More Tariffs
WSJ’s Joel Schectman joins Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball to explore the dismantling of USAID and what it means for America’s future as a global leader. Plus, Trump's tariffs, a Gaza proposal and remaking the CIA.
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23m 39s
Apr 2025
The Billionaire Caught Between Trump and China
The Hong Kong-based company CK Hutchinson, led by billionaire Li Ka-shing, recently announced a deal to sell majority stakes in two ports on the Panama Canal. The deal with a consortium of investors led by BlackRock pleased President Donald Trump, after he had expressed interest ... Show More
19m 51s
Apr 2025
Fear and Fury: The Fallout From Trump’s Tariffs
The reverberations from President Trump’s new global tariffs have rocked financial markets and world capitals. American stocks have plunged, and foreign leaders have issued forceful condemnations.The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Peter Goodman, Natalie Kitroeff and Jeanna Sm ... Show More
34m 55s
Jan 2025
Can US oil afford to ‘drill, baby, drill’?
Pressure is piling on the European Union to cut back its sustainability agenda, Wall Street may thwart President Donald Trump’s call for a new oil boom, and the US president unleashes retaliatory tariffs against Colombia. Plus, Microsoft’s stake in OpenAI is complicating the star ... Show More
10m 46s
Feb 2025
China Seems Unstoppable. Trump Thinks Otherwise.
Over the past week, President Trump avoided a trade war with Canada and Mexico. But he escalated a trade war with China.His reasoning? China has become more powerful in domestic manufacturing than the United States, Japan, Germany, South Korea and Britain combined.Keith Bradsher, ... Show More
27m 21s
Nov 2024
Trump’s National Security Team Takes Shape
Tommy and Ben process Trump’s reelection and the role foreign policy played in the outcome, highlight some awkward reactions from global leaders, and walk through what we know about Trump’s choices for top positions like Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and CIA direc ... Show More
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