China Trade Pressure & TSA Workers Miss First Paycheck 3/13/26

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🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Trade tensions between the U.S. and China are rising ahead of a high-stakes summit in Beijing now less than three weeks away. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer discusses the administration’s new trade investigations, the state of relations with China, the impact of the Iran war, and President Trump’s tariff agenda. Then, with TSA workers set to miss their first paycheck of the shutdown, former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson explains what the Senate’s funding fight could mean for airport staffing and air travel. Plus, CNBC’s Robert Frank on Democrats’ plan to raise taxes on the rich, and CNBC’s Dan Murphy on the drone strike that hit Dubai’s financial district Friday morning. Jamieson Greer -13:18 Robert Frank - 24:13 Jeh Johnson - 30:24 In this episode: Robert Frank, @robtfrank Jamieson Greer, @jamiesongreer Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Zach Vallese, @ZachVallese

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Zach Vileisi.
0:07.0	Coming up today on SquawkPod.
0:10.0	Key US representatives head to Paris for trade talks with China.
0:14.0	We speak to US trade representative Jameson Greer.
0:18.0	We want to ensure continued stability in the U.S.-China relationship.
0:21.6	It's one of the most important economic relationships in the world.
0:25.6	TSA workers are not being paid due to a partial funding shutdown.
0:29.6	Jay Johnson, President Obama's head of Homeland Security, joins us.
0:34.6	It puts the agency and its workers under a tremendous amount of stress. Plus, Democrats
0:41.9	introducing tax cuts for many that would hike the bill on high earners. Our Robert Frank reports,
0:47.9	What's different this time is saying we're going to raise taxes on the wealthy and give tax cuts for everyone else.
0:56.0	And a drone strike appears to hit a key financial neighborhood in Dubai, our Dan Murphy.
1:03.0	This is walking distance from the NASDAQ Dubai and CNBC's own studio here.
1:09.0	It's Friday the 13th of March. Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:13.6	Stand Becky by in three, two, one, cue a please.
1:18.6	Good morning everybody. Welcome to Squawk Box right here on CNBC. We are live from the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:26.6	I'm Becky Quick along with Andrew Ross Sorkin.
1:29.3	Joe is out today.
1:31.3	It's Friday morning, and let's get you caught up to date.
1:34.3	U.S. Central Command saying four of six crew members have died following the crash of a KC-135
1:41.3	refueling aircraft in Western Iraq.
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