The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/10 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: February 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/10 at 07:00 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, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Once again, Canada is facing a tariff threat from the White House.

This time, US President Donald Trump is targeting all steel and aluminum imports entering the United States, and it looks like Canada is on the list. Cameron McIntosh has more from Washington. This is a big deal for Canada. We're the largest supplier of both steel and aluminum to the US. The president made the comments about the tariffs out of the blue while talking to reporters on Air Force One. Monday, yeah.

Tomorrow. What countries will those go on? Everybody. Steel. Including Canada and Mexico? Yeah. Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25% tariff. What about aluminum, sir?

Aluminum too. Now, Trump has done this before. In his first term, he levied tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum. Canada ultimately got those rolled back. Analysts say tariffs would drive up US prices but in the long term could help steel producers in the states. One of the largest US steel has been struggling. Trump says he'll also announce new reciprocal tariffs on countries that impose tariffs on US products later this week.

Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Washington. As the tariff threats play out, Canada's ambassador to France, Stephane Dion, says the Canadian government is actively working with EU countries to push back against any expanded American trade action. Canada and Mexico are the first ones, but Europeans know that they may be targeted as well. Working with us about how can we have a cohesive way to convince the US administration that trade wars are painful for everyone and that's something that you should do between friends. The European Commission has yet to respond to Trump's latest trade threat, but Canadian

industry minister Francois-Philippe Champagne points out that Canadian steel and aluminum are essential to American defense projects as well as to the country's auto industry. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among a number of world leaders in Paris this week for a global AI summit. At issue is how governments can establish meaningful guardrails for a technology that's moving faster than most countries are prepared for. Olivia Stavanovic has more. Artificial intelligence is going to have the kind of impact on our society that the development of electricity did. Just before the AI summit began, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a warning to world leaders. If we have a similar delay in terms of AI adoption around the world, the consequences will be even more catastrophic and more painful,

not just for those who don't have access to it, but for the divisions and the conflicts that will result. Trudeau is urging his global counterparts gathering in Paris this week to work together on a solution, as the U.S. and China vie for AI dominance. Trudeau will make the case over the next two days at the conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Olivia Stevanovic, CBC News, Paris.

Opening statements are scheduled today in the trial of the man accused of attempting to murder novelist Selman Rushdie. Rushdie was stabbed more than a dozen times while appearing at a literary event in New York State in the summer of 2022. He survived but lost his sight in his right eye. Here's Rushdie speaking to CBC Radio's Nala Ayed. Yeah, it's weird, isn't it, that the thing you most fear is what happens. I've always had a fear of blindness.

I'm thinking about, you know, if you're asked which of your senses could you do without, you know, I think sight is, for me, the most important. The accused, 27-year-old Hadi Matar, is charged with attempted murder and assault. He has pleaded not guilty. An Environment Canada Blizzard warning remains in effect today for most of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. More than 30 centimeters of snow have already fallen across the hardest hit areas, with another 5 to 10 centimeters expected by this afternoon.

That's in the east. In the west, extreme cold warnings are in place today for most of Alberta and Saskatchewan, with wind chills making it feel like minus 45. And that is A World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.