What a pleasure to be back in Brussels and moderate a conversation on European competitiveness.

#AnnualBudgetConference
The 2nd panel deals with the topic “An #EUBudget for competitiveness”.

Thx f. the valuable contributions by European Investment Bank President Nadia Calviño, FinanceMinister Magnus Brunner, #EBF CEO Wim Mijs, DG Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl & the excellent moderation by SilviaAmaro!

On today's show with Frank Holland:

Exclusive: Secretary Janet Yellen with Sara Eisen
China: Hung Tran and Brendan Ahern
Markets: Patrick Fruzzetti and Robert Schein

Reporting: SilviaAmaro, Megan Cassella, Pippa Stevens, and Robert Frank

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'Around a half of European companies missed earnings expectations in the latest reporting season despite already low expectations, analysts told CNBC, who predicted that the region will continue to struggle amid high interest rates,' via SilviaAmaro cnb.cx/3IhOlbq

Asked Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 if Lithuania supports sending troops to Ukraine, here is his response:

Tomorrow on Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire:

The Michigan primary: Haley vs Trump, Biden vs voter anger

The latest on Gaza ceasefire. Trump legal update. Dueling border visits

With me:

Sabrina Siddiqui
Mychael Schnell
Laura Davison
Dave Aronberg
SilviaAmaro

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An important week for #Sweden - now on track to become a member of #NATO after Hungary's approval.

After almost two years, Sweden is now about to become the 32nd member of #NATO

Estonia's top diplomat at the ministry of defense, Kusti Salm tells me we are in the darkest hours of Russia's invasion of #Ukraine and a turning point in the next 4 to 6 weeks is needed. @cnbci

The U.S. is considering slapping sanctions on Chinese companies it believes are helping Russia fuel its war in Ukraine, members of Congress told CNBC International, marking the first direct apportioning of blame toward Beijing since the start of the war SilviaAmaro cnb.cx/48kDRmk

We benefitted from a peace dividend, Germany's Pistorius said amid a change in tone and perspective in European defense policy. #MSC2024

🇩🇪 Verteidigungsminister Pistorius auf einem Munich Security Conference Panel über das Zwei-Prozent-Ziel bei den NATO-Ausgaben: „Natürlich brauchen wir mehr“. Es sieht signifikante Erhöhungen kommen, vielleicht bis zu 3,5 Prozent

🔴 Now LIVE: #MSC2024 Fighting Fatigue: Whatever It Takes for Ukraine’s Victory Statsministeriet Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Dmytro Kuleba Nancy Pelosi Antonio Tajani
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We have to spend European! ⁦Ursula von der Leyen⁩ reiterates her ideas for how Europe should step up its defense policy #msc24

⁦Mark Rutte⁩ Europe needs to spend more on defense to help Ukraine. #msc24

BREAKING: Germany's Scholz commits to spending 2% on defense 'in the 2020s, in the 2030s and beyond' at Munich Security Conference cnb.cx/4bAHaIZ

Listen to Commissioner Johannes Hahn’s interview with SilviaAmaro CNBC on the need to increase the #EU ’s defence-investments and to continue #EU support for #Ukraine : cnbc.com/video/2024/02/…

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, according to Russian state media, citing the Prison Service. Navalny had been serving sentences amounting to more than 30 years on various charges. A press secretary for Navalny says she has not received confirmation of his…

We took a look at defense spending after former U.S. President said he would encourage Russia to do 'whatever the hell they want' with #NATO members that do not spend 2% of their GDP on defense. @cnbci