5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 9/5/2025

The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: President Trump is planning substantial tariffs on semiconductor companies that don’t move production to the United States, bidders are lining up for a portion of Starbucks’ China operations, AI start-up Anthropic will stop doing business with Chinese majority-owned firms, the Trump Administration is abandoning a plan to force airlines to pay passengers for cancellations and PBS has cut about 100 staff positions due to cut in federal funding. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the best moments, interviews and analysis from our TV show in an audio-first format.