Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel & Sec. Lutnick Blames Canada 9/2/26
· 53 min
Episode Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel & Sec. Lutnick Blames Canada 9/2/26
Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO Greg Abel is in Tokyo, where he’s discussing the firm’s stakes in Japanese trading houses. Abel also discusses Berkshire’s Alphabet stake, a portfolio shift spearheaded by Warren Buffett. Then, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick joins the show from the G20 in North Carolina. Ahead of a fireside chat with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Sec. Lutnick discusses the data center boom, semiconductor tariffs, American competitiveness, and his own perspective on the collapse of trade talks with Canada.
Greg Abel - 5:19
Sec. Howard Lutnick - 30:50
In this episode:
Howard Lutnick, @howardlutnick
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick
Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie
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Links in the notes 8
- https://www.cnbc.com/berkshire-hathaway-portfolio/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/berkshire-ceo-abel-says-alphabet-a-significant-player-in-ai-after-growing-stake-in-q2.html
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/01/canada-carney-trump-trade-ontario.html
- https://x.com/howardlutnick/status/1963789915268730930
- https://x.com/JoeSquawk
- https://x.com/BeckyQuick
- https://x.com/Kramer_Katie
- https://pcm.adswizz.com
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