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EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026 · 11 MIN

Tariff Uncertainty Weighs on U.S. Stocks and Business Leaders

from WSJ What’s News · host The Wall Street Journal

P.M. Edition for Feb. 23. U.S. stocks were down today after the latest tariff moves over the weekend, while U.S. business leaders are scrambling to figure out what this means for them. We hear from reporter Chip Cutter about the questions they have and how they’re trying to address them. Plus, Anthropic has accused three Chinese AI companies of using its Claude model to improve their own systems. WSJ reporter Robert McMillan discusses why Anthropic says that’s a threat to national security… and its business. And the Pentagon is flagging risks of a major operation against Iran to President Trump. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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