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Trump Tariff Threat Wipes Out S&P Gains, Trump Travels to Davos, More
20 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Amy Morris. President Trump's demands to take over Greenland have transformed the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, into an emergency diplomatic summit.
Chapter 2: What are President Trump's demands regarding Greenland?
Stocks are slumping and gold is at a fresh record high as trade tensions between the U.S. and Europe flare. We check markets for you all day long here at Bloomberg. The S&P 500 down 1.8%. NASDAQ down more than 2%. The Dow down 1.7%. Ten-year Treasury yield at 4.28%. The two-year yield at 3.58%. And safe havens, oil and gold. Checking gold now, it's up 3.7%, trading at $47.65 per ounce.
Chapter 3: How are trade tensions affecting global markets?
WTI crude up 1.7%. Brent crude up 1.4%. Checking Bitcoin now it's down 3.8%. Japan's finance minister called on market participants to calm down after an intense day of bond selling pushed up yields on long-term government debt to the highest levels in decades with ripples reaching other global markets.
Greenland's prime minister says the population and authorities need to prepare for a possible military invasion, although that does remain an unlikely scenario. The government will form a task force and distribute new guidelines for the population, including recommendations for having enough food stored for five days in their homes. Denmark's pension fund for teachers is planning to exit U.S.
Treasuries at the end of this month. The fund's chief investment officer tells Bloomberg the U.S. is basically not a good credit. Guggenheim Partners chief investment officer Anne Walsh says that could be more of a sentimental move.
Where do you invest when there's such uncertainty? So that sentiment is really pervading the markets. It hasn't really settled into the markets because I think there's really a sense that perhaps this will all settle down.
Ann Walsh of Guggenheim Partners spoke with Bloomberg from Davos. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant urged allies to honor their trade agreements and dismissed the idea that countries would dump treasuries.
I think that the NATO alliance is very safe, sound, and thanks to President Trump, it's never been more secure.
Treasury Secretary Besson on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos with Fox Business Conversation. Former White House economic advisor Gary Cohn says he understands the president's ambition.
If we want to expand our air defenses, Greenland is a pretty strategic spot. So I understand what the president's interest is. They also have rare earths, which is something that we in the United States can't supply to ourselves.
Gary Cohn is now vice chairman of IBM. He spoke with Bloomberg surveillance at Davos. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves says Britain wants to reduce tensions with the US over Trump's threat of tariffs ahead of his arrival in Davos tomorrow.
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Chapter 4: What is the response from Japan's finance minister to market instability?
He argued that Europe should not hesitate to use its anti-coercion mechanism in retaliation.
Without collective governance, cooperation gives way to relentless competition. Competition from the United States of America, through trade agreements that undermine our export interests, demand maximum concessions, and openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe, combined with an endless accumulation of new tariffs that are fundamentally unacceptable.
Macron spoke in a special address to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Finnish President Alexander Stubb says there's a short-term need to de-escalate language on Greenland, adding that he has been talking with President Trump over this.
I think now what we need to do is to bring down the temperature. We need to find an off-ramp and probably create some kind of a process which will strengthen Arctic security.
President Stubb talked with Bloomberg surveillance on the sidelines of the forum, and Netflix reached an amended all-cash agreement by Warner Bros. Discovery Studio and streaming business. The changes are designed to expedite a sale and address claims by Paramount that its cash tender offer is superior. Stockholders are expected to be able to vote on this transaction by April.
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Chapter 5: What steps is Greenland taking in response to potential military threats?
Shares of Netflix are four-tenths of a percent higher. Shares of Warner Brothers Discovery now about two-tenths of a percent lower. We do get Netflix earnings after today's closing bill. Hawaii is one of several states outlawing carrying guns into stores or restaurants unless the owner specifically allows it.
A group of Hawaiian gun owners asked the Supreme Court to overturn that law as a violation of their Second Amendment gun rights. Justice Samuel Alito asked why the law is necessary.
Why does it matter if store owners and owners of private property that are generally open to the public don't like guns? Why is it a big deal to say they want people carrying guns to stay out? Just put up a sign.
Attorney Alan Beck represents those gun owners. Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned him on his interpretation of the law.
You say that there is a constitutional right to carry a gun on private property?
Yes. I've never seen that right. Carrying on private property that's open to the public. The court's decision is expected this summer. That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Amy Morris and this is Bloomberg.
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