European Leaders in DC & an Industrial Policy Debate 8/18/25

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In the wake of President Trump’s meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins heads of state from Germany, France, the UK, and other European leaders in Washington, DC. U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker explains the concessions on the table for peace in Ukraine. A group of Senate Democrats have written a letter urging President Trump to rethink US chip sales to China. In a debate about that industrial policy and the impact of a potential government stake in Intel, former economic advisor for President Trump Stephen Moore joins former Treasury official under President Biden, Natasha Sarin. Plus, investors await the Federal Reserve’s annual symposium this upcoming Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are aiming to capitalize on an open IPO window. Matthew Whitaker - 16:07 Natasha Sarin & Stephen Moore - 29:53 In this episode: Eamon Javers, @EamonJavers Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.0	On today's episode,
0:10.0	European leaders gather for a rare White House summit
0:14.0	following President Trump's meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
0:18.0	Teams from Ukraine, France, Germany, and others, touchdown in Washington, where
0:23.8	Amon Javers is standing by.
0:25.6	The question for all these leaders today, guys, is if they can craft a NATO-like security
0:31.5	guarantees for Ukraine that are enough like NATO to reassure the Ukrainians that they're
0:36.3	real and yet not so much like NATO
0:38.8	that they're a non-starter for the Russian side.
0:41.0	What's at stake and what concessions each party is preparing for?
0:46.2	U.S. ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, joins us.
0:50.1	We have to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good, and at some point in time, see if a deal can be had.
0:57.7	And the Trump administration weighing, taking a stake in Intel, a debate from both sides on how it will impact industrial policy.
1:06.8	And their positions might surprise you.
1:09.1	This is totally flipped. This is like a flipped situation.
1:11.6	Those stories plus the Wingle Voss twins of the social network and then crypto fame are ready for their big IPO.
1:21.6	I mean, they get screwed out of Facebook.
1:23.6	The next thing will come along.
1:24.6	And they're still six five.
1:26.6	It's Monday, August 18th, 2025, and SquawkPod begins right now.
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