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From full global headquarters, this is Motley Full Money.

Welcome to Motley Full Money. Thanks for being here. I'm your host Chris Held.

I'm joined by Motley Full Senior Analyst Tim Hansen, James Early, and Rich Griefner.

Nice. Good to see you. Good to see you Chris.

Coming up later in the show, we've got Carl Kintanea, one of the hosts of CNBC's

Squawk Box, talking about the new documentary he's been working on.

We've also got the latest from FedEx, Johnson & Johnson, and the annual list of the top brands in the world.

Plus, as always, an inside look at the stocks on our radar.

But we begin with the big macro. At a Senate hearing earlier this week,

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner got some tough questions about our trade policy with China.

Warren Buffett ruled out a double dip recession.

The stock markets gained so far this month to have the S&P 500 back in the black for the year.

And the price of gold hit yet another all-time high at $1,280 an ounce.

Let's just go around the table, guys. Tim Hansen, what's your headline of the week?

Well, I'm a bit of a China nerd, Chris. I've been watching the Geithner Senate talking points about China pretty closely.

And it's an interesting issue. I mean, what they want is they want China to accelerate the rate at which it allows its currency to strengthen.

China doesn't want to do that. But again, it's a complicated issue.

You know, we're entering the political season. We talked about this recently on the show also.

And the point is, you know, if you're a textile worker in Alabama, you want a China's currency to strengthen pretty fast.

Sure.

A textile worker in Guangdong province, you don't. But because both people want to be employed,

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