The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/02 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: February 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/02 at 16:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Chileanne Hazelwood. A day after US President Donald Trump slapped 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods, Ottawa has released a long list of American goods that will be hit with counter tariffs, $30 billion worth of goods. And as Janice McGregor tells us, that list will grow in the coming weeks. We'll be there for as long as it takes with whatever it takes. Finance Minister Dominique LeBlanc trying to reassure Canadians that while today's retaliation hurts, help for those getting hit is also coming.

Canadians expect the government to respond and respond firmly and proportionately. This first list, targeting over 1200 U.S. imports, is a doorstopper. Canada also hopes it'll be a political showstopper, grabbing Washington's attention by adding 25% to the cost of famous American brands. Boos, motorcycles, appliances, even dairy products that Donald Trump bragged to American farmers that he'd made tariff-free in the NAFTA renegotiation. Canadian officials say they aren't tearing up all their concessions yet, but what Trump ordered yesterday violated his own deal. Once more businesses are consulted, there's an even longer list worth four times as many

goods landing in three weeks. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. The U.S. President Donald Trump is defending his decision to hit his closest trading partners with tariffs, a move that is expected to hurt jobs, make life more expensive, and reshape the Canada-U.S. trading relationship. And as Katie Simpson reports, the president's allies are coming to his defence too. We are sick of being taken advantage of. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance argued that tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are necessary

to motivate all three countries to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. But he also admitted it's about so much more. We are committed to getting America back on a sustainable fiscal pathway. Part of that we really think the president believes is the tariff equation. Donald Trump wants tariffs collected from American companies to pay for his election campaign promises. Things like tax cuts. Trump admitting on social media, yes there may be some pain with this,

but he's standing by his decision, again arguing Canada should become the 51st state, claiming Canada ceases to exist as a viable country without the U.S., adding, harsh but true. Incendiary language at an already low point in the Canada-U.S. relationship. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. The path the U.S. is on right now is a lose-lose path. Former finance minister and Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland speaking on CNN today, calling Trump's tariffs an act of economic warfare.

Her message to U.S. viewers is to push back against the tariffs, as the trade war will cost American jobs. She says Canada won't back down. The right thing for Americans to do right now is to kind of shake their heads and say, the Canadians actually are great partners. They're great neighbors. Let's not do this.

Canada is formidable. We are resolute. We are determined. We know what we're fighting for. We don't want to have this fight, but we are not going to lose it. Freeland pointed out that boycotts of U.S. products are already happening by individuals and provinces across the country. In the occupied West Bank... A series of simultaneous explosions in the Jenin refugee camp as it was hit by Israeli strikes. The Palestinian state news agency says about 20 buildings were leveled.

A spokesperson for the Israeli military says they were targeting buildings used as terrorist infrastructure. Israel shifted its focus to occupied West Bank two days after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Palestinian officials say that since then, at least 25% or 25 Palestinians that is have been killed and dozens of homes and roads have been destroyed.

And that is your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.