CNBC News
19 January 2026
- Trump says 8 European nations face tariffs rising to 25% if Greenland isn't sold to the U.S.
- Supreme Court unlikely to overturn Trump tariffs, his ‘signature economic policy’: Bessent
- Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion for permanent Board of Peace seats
- Global week ahead: Hopes that cooler heads can prevail in Davos
- China fourth-quarter growth slows to 4.5%, weakest in nearly three years as consumption misses forecasts
- China birthrate shrinks to lowest on record as policies fail to to lift births
- Billionaires have ‘outsized’ political influence — and they’re richer than ever, says Oxfam
- What the U.S.-Taiwan deal means for the island's 'silicon shield'
- He worked four blue-collar jobs in his teens to stay afloat. Today, his fintech startup is worth $8 billion