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Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.

Today, on Squawk Pod, tariff talk makes the world go round.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant joins us on President Trump's call with China's President Xi.

We're always going to be rivals. That's natural, but are there things we can do together? Yes. We have the relationship in a good place.

And news on the president's plan to nominate a new head of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

I think that there's a very good chance that the president will make an announcement before

Christmas. But it's his prerogative, whether it's before the Christmas holidays in the

New Year. Then, long time Democratic presidential campaign advisor James Carville wants his party

to get angry. I think U.S. capitalism needs an intervention because it's not, it's producing wealth,

but the wealth is all going in one place, and that's not to a lot of people.

Plus all the rest of today's news, like New York's mayor-elect building his transition team,

and is Alphabet's Gemini AI, your new girlfriend? It for me is better at doing

certain things, but it doesn't know me as well as ChatGPT does. So you're married and off the market?

I don't know if I'm married and off the market because I might have, at least for now,

found a, you know, a better date. It is Tuesday, November November 25th squawk pod begins right now stand

Becky by in three two one cute please good morning everybody welcome to squawk

box right here on CNBC I'm Becky quick along with Andrew Ross Sork and Joe is out

today you take a look right now, you'll see Alphabet

shares are higher in the pre-market up by about 4%. That is a big move for such a big cap company.

Comes after yesterday's 6% gain. Those shares are up double digits just in the last week.

For the last week, it's up by about 16.5%. The stock closing in on a $4 trillion market cap.

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