The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/10 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: February 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/10 at 09:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. U.S. President Donald Trump says he will be imposing 25 percent tariffs today on steel and aluminum imports entering the United States. And the countries he's expected to target include Canada. JP Tasker reports. It's terrible news for Canada's steel and aluminum sectors. Canada is the largest supplier of steel to the United States.

If these tariffs go into place, you'll likely see a dip in how much of this product we sell to the U.S. Canadian companies may have a hard time competing on price now that U.S. importers will have to pay a 25% tax to bring in those goods. Here's Catherine Cobden. She's the president and CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association. We are very highly integrated, very dependent on each other economically, and tariffs will have devastating effects on both sides of the border.

Canada has been down this road before. Trump imposed similar tariffs in 2018. They were in place for a year. And the data was bleak. Aluminum exports dropped by 50 percent, steel 30 percent, according to statscan. So this could be a blow to industries that employ more than 35,000 people JP Tasker CBC News Ottawa Meanwhile President Trump is still openly discussing Canada becoming the 51st state

Trump mentioned it twice over the weekend in two separate media appearances and today Stefan Dionne Canada's ambassador to France is Suggesting those comments may be in violation of international law. Olivia Stevanovic has more from Paris. Canada is not a viable country. Show me a viable country. At the Canadian embassy in Paris, Ambassador Stephane Dion fielded questions dominated by US President Donald Trump's escalating threats towards Canada and neighbouring Greenland.

You know that according to international law, it's not only to invade the neighbour that is against international law and the charter of the UN, it is to threaten. So we are against that of course. Dionne wouldn't say whether the United Nations should launch an investigation into the US, but he made a point of re-emphasizing his suggestion for others to ponder. The international law said you don't threaten your neighbors. Trump claimed Canada is not a viable country without US trade and warned it can no longer depend on Washington for military protection, all of which Dionne dismissed, saying if you don't defend Canada,

you can't defend the US. Olivia Stevanovic, CBC News, Paris. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among a number of world leaders in Paris this week for a global AI summit. Artificial intelligence is going to have the kind of impact on our society that the development of electricity did. That's Trudeau speaking ahead of today's opening session. Among other things, the summit is looking at how governments can establish guardrails at the same time as the tech giants are fighting for dominance in the fast-moving industry. 100 countries are represented at the two-day gathering. 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 the sight in his right eye. Here's Rushdie speaking recently to CBC radio's Nala Ayaad. Yeah, it's weird, isn't it, that the thing you most fear is what happens. I mean, I've always had a fear of blindness. I mean, I'm thinking about, you know, if you're asked which of your senses could you do without, I think sight is for me the most important. The accused, 27-year-old Hattie Matter, 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 for most of Alberta and Saskatchewan today with wind chills making it feel like minus 45. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.