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Squawk on the Street

Trump Slams China on Tariffs, Tamer Inflation Data, Bulls Rule in May 5/30/25

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

Investing, Business, News

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Capping a strong month of May for stocks, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber led off the show with market reaction to President Trump's social media post in which he accuses China of "totally" violating its agreement with the U.S. on tariffs. The president's post comes one day after a federal appeals court's temporary reinstatement of his sweeping tariffs that had been blocked by a lower court. The anchors discussed what the CEOs of Costco and Gap said about prices and tariff mitigation in connection with earnings. Also in focus: Milder-than-expected PCE inflation data, Dell earnings, Netflix's record run, How Uber shares have fared since David's interview with Elon Musk. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

It's Jim Kramer here.

0:01.3

You're listening to the opening bell of CBC's Squawk on the Street. Don't miss a minute of the action. Good Friday morning. Welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Carl Kinteneer with Jim Kramer, David Faber, Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange. We close out the month of May with more tariff whiplash. The president on China says, quote, no more Mr. Nice Guy, as the Treasury Secretary says talks have

0:22.1

stalled. In the meantime, court PCE, 2-5 year-on-year, that's the lowest in four years.

0:28.1

Our roadmap begins with the President saying China has violated its deal with the U.S. on tariffs,

0:32.8

as Trump's tariffs are reinstated by a federal appeals court for now.

0:36.8

And as Carl just said, last

0:38.6

trading day, May, S&P and NASDAQ are on trap for what would be the best month they've had since

0:43.0

November of 2023, despite all of this macro uncertainty. We're going to discuss if those gains

0:49.3

can keep coming. And the biggest tech antitrust case in more than two decades is wrapping up today.

0:55.0

This is Google awaiting its fate from a judge's ruling.

0:58.1

We won't get the ruling today.

0:59.3

We're getting the final arguments today.

1:02.5

Let's begin with the markets navigating these developments surrounding terrorists.

1:06.0

About an hour ago, the president out with a lengthy post on truth Social, which ends with him stating that China

1:11.5

has totally violated its agreement with the U.S. on tariffs.

1:15.4

Actually happened just as James and Greer, Jim was on squawk.

1:19.4

Greer tried to elaborate and argue that the countermeasures have not come off the way the U.S.

1:24.7

understood they would.

1:25.5

Yeah, I felt bad for him because this happened at the same time, and I wasn't sure whether

1:29.6

he had the full uprun of what the president was saying.

1:33.9

I mean, to me, the president, if he were not so mercurial, what you would say is, okay,

1:39.7

well, whatever stay of execution he gave China, that's about over.

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