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Squawk on the Street

Court Blocks Trump Tariffs, Nvidia Surges, the "TACO Trade" 5/29/25

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

Investing, Business, News

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber explored market reaction to a federal trade court's decision to block sweeping tariffs that President Trump announced in early April. Nvidia shares jumped on better-than-expected Q1 results -- and the anchors reacted to what CEO Jensen Huang told Jim on "Mad Money" about China. Also in focus: President Trump's response to a question from CNBC's Megan Cassella about the "Taco trade" (as in "Trump Always Chickens Out"), Elon Musk leaves the Trump Administration, Salesforce shares slump despite a Q1 beat. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

It's Jim Kramer here. You're listening to the opening bell of CBC Squawk on the Street.

0:04.7

Don't miss a minute of the action.

0:07.6

Good Thursday morning. Welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Carl Kintania with Jim Kramer,

0:10.7

David Faber, Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange. Pre-markets rallying as a federal trade court

0:15.2

blocks the president's reciprocal tariffs in a unanimous decision.

0:19.0

And Vitty is powering ahead on earnings, but futures are off the highs as Q1 GDP consumption

0:24.6

is revised lower from 1-8 down to 1-2.

0:27.6

Our roadmap begins with that federal trade court striking down Trump's worldwide reciprocal

0:31.6

tariffs and ordering the administration to stop collecting them.

0:35.6

NVIDIA's earnings beat is sparking a global chip rally, CEO Jensen Wong, speaking with Jim

0:40.6

last night about the fallout from China restrictions and, of course, what's ahead for this

0:45.0

AI chip giant.

0:47.6

And Elon Musk is leaving his government work at Doe, certainly in terms of it being more of a full-time

0:52.8

gig, saying his scheduled time has come to an end.

0:56.8

Let's begin with his federal trade court blocking the sweeping tariffs announced by the president in early April.

1:02.3

The three-judge panel ruling he did not have the authority to impose them under a decades-old emergency economic powers law.

1:08.9

The decision voids tariffs on dozens of countries

1:11.9

and the fentanyl-related levies on Canada, Mexico, and China. The court is giving the administration

1:17.3

10 days to implement the ruling, and the White House has already filed plans to appeal

1:22.3

Jim Hassett and Navarro on the tape this morning, saying, in Navarro's words, not much has changed.

1:28.9

It is amazing to me how if you read this, you would say, you know what?

1:33.5

The judiciary is secondary and subordinate to the executive branch.

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