The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/09 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: February 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/09 at 13:00 EST

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But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood. We begin in Paris. We must build the infrastructure necessary

and the speed that matches that of AI's development. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with European leaders at an AI conference. Trudeau is hoping to advance Canada's economic ties with the EU, as US President Donald Trump has also threatened tariffs on EU goods. Ruben Zaioti is a political science professor at Dalhousie University. He says it's key that Trudeau secure new markets overseas for Canadian goods and resources. Both Canada and the EU are looking for trusted partners. Certainly in Europe, it's not that keen in being open to the free market. Zaiori says now is the time for Canada to advance its negotiations with countries like Belgium and France. The two have not signed on to CEDA, the free trade agreement between

the EU and Canada. The US delayed tariffs for Canada and Mexico but that's not the case for China. The American tariffs went into effect last Monday and today China retaliated by imposing new tariffs on some US goods. Linda Ward has the latest. China's retaliatory tariffs target specific US imports 15 percent on US coal and liquefied natural gas, 10 percent on crude oil, farm equipment and big-engine cars. China was not as successful as Canada and Mexico in persuading President Donald Trump to delay duties on Chinese imports earlier this week. Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lin Jian said they had no choice but to fight back. The United States has imposed a 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods on the grounds of

the fentanyl issue. China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it. China has also filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization. Economists estimate China's tariffs supply to about 20 billion dollars of US goods, while US tariffs supply to 450 billion dollars in imports from China. Linda Ward, CBC News, Toronto. In China, emergency crews are working through the night searching for survivors of a landslide. It happened Saturday in southwestern Sichuan province, burying homes and a factory.

Two people have been rescued and one body has been recovered, but nearly 30 are still missing. Thousands more displaced Palestinians are heading home to northern Gaza. Trucks share the road with donkey carts and pedestrians as people make their way out of Gaza City. After Israeli forces began their withdrawal from the Netzerim corridor, the road divides Gaza into north and south. The Israeli pull-out is a key condition of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. Cuts to the US Agency for International

Development are having serious consequences for Canadian organizations. As Sarah Levitt reports, research and non-profit groups say they're losing funding for critical projects overseas. Julie Lajoie says the Trump administration's freeze on American foreign aid is being felt deeply. A University of Manitoba-led HIV AIDS clinic in Nairobi, Kenya is at risk as the future of the U.S. Agency for International Development remains uncertain. The clinic helps up to 50,000 people in Nairobi per year through prevention and care and is partially funded by USAID. We are right now trying to see if there's a way to bypass USAID and get funding to another

organization. Researchers and NGOs across Canada have been left scrambling. While funding from Global Affairs Canada remains in place, many organizations rely on various streams of financial help or partnership with American organizations. Global Affairs Canada has called the shutdown of USAID highly concerning, reiterating that foreign aid is not a handout but investments in communities that need it most. Sarah Levitt, CBC News, Montreal.

Today is Super Bowl Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles square off. And one of the players on the field will be Canadian Sydney Brown. The London, Ontario native is a safety for the Eagles. And that's your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.