Beth Kowitt, Columnist

CEOs Just Got a Lesson In How to Influence the White House

This week provided a crash course in what does — and doesn’t — capture the president’s attention.

Dimon, who appeared on Fox Business, clearly knows where the president gets his news.

Photographer: Noam Galai/Getty Images North America
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A collective high-five went around Wall Street this week.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump paused higher tariffs on dozens of countries after several influential financial executives applied pressure to the administration in a very calculated way. The resulting concessions have reset the prevailing view in the business world about how best to influence the president.