President Trump has announced frameworks for agreements on reciprocal t trade with El Salvador, Argentina, Ecuador, and Guatemala. Joining us right now on the latest on trade negotiations is United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Jameson Greer. And Ambassador, thank you for being here today.Uh the way it's being boiled down, at least in the headlines, and tell us if this is the right way of seeing this, is that there are going to be uh exemptions to these terri tariff barriers that are there for goo ...

Last time our next guest was on CNBC, he was expecting Bitcoin to be $150,000 by the end of the year. Want to find out if he's changed his tune uh since late October given the recent move in the crypto space. You're looking at Bitcoin right now at $94,000 632.Michael Sailor is here, strategy founder and executive chairman. Good morning to you. What do you think.150 by the end of the year. What do you think's happening here. You know, I think um we all want to go to the moon, but if you want to ride the rock ...

Meanwhile, AI uh not only changing the way employees work, it's also transforming the way the human resource leaders consider how AI will change jobs. For company leaders, there are often more questions than answers. CNBC pulled some top HR experts to get their take on all this.And guess who's here at the table, Sharon Eerson, she joins us now with the survey results. Good morning. >> Good morning, Andrew.You know, AI, of course, is changing the way that HR leaders think about their workers. So over the pas ...

All right, some breaking news earlier this hour. It is pretty shocking. Uh Walmart CEO Doug McMillan announcing that he will retire.John Ferner is going to be taking over as CEO on February 1st. Joining us right now is Stacy Whit. She is with SS SSW Retail Advisors.And Stacy, the market sold off on this news. Right now, Walmart shares off by 2 and 3/4%. Uh Doug's been a stalwart.he has really led that company to impressive levels not only in the market cap but also with what he's done in terms of diversifyi ...

Let's get right to Ron Baron. He is the chairman and CEO of Baron Capital, which has $45 billion in assets under management. Ron is joining us ahead of the 32nd annual Baron Investment Conference.And Ron, it is great to see you this morning. >> Great to see you, too. >> So, 32 years.We've been doing this for a long time. Not 32 years on Squawkbox talking to you on the morning of your annual investment, but a long time. >> Amazing.>> Um, and we're going to jump into the investment, but I want to ask you beca ...

All right, let's take a look at shares of Walmart. Right now, they are off by three and a quarter percent because the company is just announcing that Doug McMillan, the chairman and CEO, is going to be retiring. He's stepping down from the company uh where he has been in charge for more than 12 years.During that time, Doug McMillan has more than quadrupled Walmart's market cap. He's also set the company up for continued growth. He's been seen as somebody who is not only a stalwart leader but also a a vision ...

Let's talk a little bit about Tesla because you have been an investor with Baron Funds since 2014. So more than a decade that you've been standing by Elon Musk. It's it's been a very good bet for your firm.You've made how many billion dollars on Elon Musk since then. >> Made about $8 billion in Tesla from $400 million when we started and uh in SpaceX we've made about $4 billion uh and uh since we started that in 2017. So about 12 or 13 billion we made so far.I think we're going to make five times that next ...

Former FTC chair Lena Khan helping Mayor Alexa Aron Mandami dig through some obscure laws that could let his administration target New York's soaring costs. Joining us right now is Liz Hoffman, semifor business and finance editor. Uh she's written a fascinating new newsletter that gets into uh what Lena Khan's role may be in this next administration.She's of course part of the transition team. Liz, what what what are we expecting to see from Lena County. >> Question.Yeah, the question has been over, you kno ...

Home Depot, you can see there Tuesday and Target, Walmart, Lowe's, all the major retailers, many set to report results next week. Joining us uh now on what investors should expect, Manny Chico, LNK partner and BCI brand chairman. He's also the CEO of PVH.Manny, I I I guess given the last quarter to the third quarter when when you're so conservative in your guidance based on uh maybe uh problems that people were forecasting because of tariffs, most of them beat those lowered expectations. So the I don't know ...

shares of fintech company uh figure higher after reporting stronger than expected revenue. This is the company's first quarterly report since going public in September. Uh so we are thrilled to have him uh on the broadcast figures CEO Michael Tanner.Good morning to you. >> Good morning. Thank you for having me.>> Uh so this is like the first time you've ever done this. >> That's right. >> How you feeling about it.>> Look, I'm feeling excited about the momentum in the stock uh figure. Just as a bit of an ove ...