Would a Broadcom-Qualcomm Deal Really Shift the 5G race?: DealBook Briefing<br />The winners: U. S. sellers of industrial metals, like AK Steel<br />and U. S. Steel, whose stocks jumped yesterday; trade hard-liners like Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, Robert Lighthizer, the White House’s top trade negotiator, and Peter Navarro, its trade policy guru.<br />We have already had constructive discussions with some, and we are continuing to pursue our engagement with them all.”<br />Blackrock said it is asking companies to answer questions like:<br />• “What is your strategy and process for managing the reputational, financial and litigation risk associated with manufacturing civilian firearms?”<br />• “How do you assess the financial, reputational and litigation risk of the various<br />aspects of your product lines and how each of those products is distributed?”<br />An article in The Intercept says that not only did the real estate firm — which Jared Kushner led until joining the White House — try to convince Qatar to invest in its embattled 666 Fifth Avenue property in Manhattan, but<br />that it spoke directly with the emirate’s top money man.<br />Mr. Landler and Ms. Haberman point out that Mr. Cohn is still waiting to see if Mr. Trump actually rolls<br />out the tariffs — a fair question, given how quickly his boss appears to switch policy positions.
