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Welcome to Squawk on the Street.

I'm Carl Kintanayor with Jim Kramer, David Faber, the New York Stock Exchange.

Dow futures down, obviously firmly in the red as some doubts

creep in ahead of the U.S.-China trade talks. Boeing down more than a percent on a couple of

negative headlines will not help the index at the open either. Europe's red 10-year-belo

153 September wholesale inflation runs much cooler than expected. Our roadmap begins with

fading optimism for a China trade breakthrough. More companies

blacklisted ahead of those talks this week. Stocks are set to open lower. Plus NBA backlash.

Broadcasts of preseason games are suspended in China while the NBA commissioner says profit

can come before principles. And as we said, Boeing under pressure, the company sued by the union

representing pilots at Southwest over the now grounded 737 max. So tensions between the U.S. and

China, ahead of trade talks scheduled for Thursday in Washington. The Trump administration

adding 28 new Chinese firms to an export blacklist, citing their role in the repression of Muslim

minorities in northwest China. Targets include AI startups. A spokesperson for the Chinese

Foreign Ministry quoted as saying, stay tuned for retaliation. And then there's some additional

reports out of the Chinese press that they're going to cut their visit short by a day.

Luhi apparently not carrying the title of official envoy,

meaning they haven't been given official instructions from Xi.

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