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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico and Canada is rattling global financial markets. Shares in Asia are declining after Trump said Canada and Mexico will face a 25% tariff on goods entering the U.S. In Canada, Dan Karpanchuk reports that Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the tariffs will have

a devastating impact. Ford's comment came less than an hour after Trump suggested that he would be signing an executive order to implement the tariffs on this first day in office. Ford says a 25% tariff would be quote, devastating to workers and jobs in both Canada and the US, adding that Ottawa needs to establish a Team Canada approach and response. Ford says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must call a meeting of all the provincial premiers as soon as possible. Trump has said the tariffs would remain until Canada and Mexico stop drugs and migrants from crossing the border illegally. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has said that even a 10% tariff on Canadian goods would seriously impact the $30 billion a year in exports to the U.S., resulting in a major hit to the Canadian economy.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpanchuk in Toronto. Trump also singled out China for an additional 10% tariff. The Chinese embassy in Washington says no one will win a trade war. A judge heard closing arguments Monday from the Justice Department and Google in a trial over whether Google's advertising business breaks U.S. competition laws. It comes just days after a judge in a separate case declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, NPR's Bobby Allen reports. Justice Department lawyers argued before a judge in Virginia that Google's highly lucrative

advertising empire was built by breaking the law. Google sells ad space online, they own tools that websites use to display ads, and Google controls the largest auction house where ad transactions take place. Justice attorneys say it's a monopoly that has boxed out competition. Google countered that if online advertising is brought in to include social media and TV services, it is not as dominant as the government claims. The judge is expected to rule sometime next month. It follows Google losing another case over Google search, which could result in the company

spinning off its popular Chrome browser. Bobby Allen, NPR News. There are signs of progress on a U.S. broker deal for a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says there has been positive movement. We have made significant progress with getting towards a resolution that includes progress from where we were when I spoke to this last week, but we're not done yet. Miller says there are still steps that need to be taken to achieve a deal, but Israel's

security cabinet is expected to meet Tuesday, and an Israeli official tells NPR that the deal is expected to be approved. Despite the potential for a deal, Israel continues to launch airstrikes. Lebanese officials say at least 31 people were killed Monday. This is NPR. The U.S. has temporarily suspended Mexican cattle imports after the discovery of a case of New World screwworm in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Nina Kravinsky of member station KJZZ has more. The screwworm case was identified at an inspection checkpoint close to Mexico's southern border with Guatemala.

But most of the cattle ranchers affected by the shutdown are in northern Mexico, hundreds of miles from the reported case. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement that the border will remain closed to cattle imports from Mexico pending further information about the size and scope of the infestation. According to the USDA, New World screwworms are fly larvae that can burrow into the flesh of warm-blooded animals and can often be deadly. The United States eradicated the pests in 1966.

The maggots can infect livestock, pets, and wildlife, and in rare cases, humans. For NPR News, I'm Nina Kravinsky in Hermosillo, Mexico. Airports and highways are expected to be packed this Thanksgiving week, and travel experts say the holiday period will likely end with another record day for air travel. AAA predicts that nearly 80 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles between Tuesday and next Monday, most of them by car. President Biden has opened the final holiday season of his term in the White House.

On Monday, the President issued the traditional reprieve to two turkeys who will live out their days in Minnesota. And First Lady Jill Biden received the delivery of the official White House Christmas tree. It's a Frasier Fir from a farm in North Carolina.