# Warren Buffett announces his retirement and warns the trade war will hurt America

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- Published: 2025-05-05T10:00:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Carol Loomis of Fortune at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, CA &#8211; October 4, 2011. Photo credit: Fortune Live Media via Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Article by Maria Aspan. NPR &#8211; May 3, 2025. OMAHA, Neb.–Warren Buffett wants the United States to knock off its trade war. &#8220;Trade should not be a weapon,&#8221; the billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO said on Saturday morning, at his annual shareholder meeting in Omaha. The United States &#8220;should be looking to trade with the rest of the world. We should do what we do best, and they should do what they do best,&#8221; Buffett told the crowd of thousands in a downtown arena, who broke out into applause. [&#8230;] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org