The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/12 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: February 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/12 at 16:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Tom Harrington. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc met today with senior Trump officials. Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick and economic adviser Kevin Hassett hosted him at the White House. LeBond says he talked about how steel and aluminum tariffs will hurt both countries. He also gave an update on border security. We now have, I think, a good understanding of their process markers over the next number of weeks. And they were very clear that Canada very much has their attention and they want to work with us to structure an economic deal that's in the interest of both countries.

Also in Washington this hour, many of Canada's premiers are at the White House. The U.S. dominated Prime Minister Trudeau's meetings with EU leaders this week, specifically Trump's threat to impose tariffs not only on Canada, Mexico and China, but on the European Union as well. As David Thurton reports, Trudeau had a brief meeting with the US Vice President. It was just a quick greeting exchange. The Prime Minister describing a brief meeting with US Vice President JD Vance. Both Justin Trudeau and Vance attended an AI summit in Paris this week with other world

leaders. During the quick chat, Trudeau says he spoke about all the Canadian steel and aluminum that America relies on. Two point two billion dollars worth of steel and aluminum exports from Canada go directly into the Ohio economy, often to contribute to manufacturing that happens there. He nodded and noted it, but it wasn't a longer exchange than that. Tritter says these brief meetings are part of the diplomatic push. So anytime we have an opportunity, we will be highlighting those facts and doing everything

we can to prevent this policy that will hurt both Americans and Canadians. Canada's premiers are also in Washington delivering that same message. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. The leaders of the United States and Russia spoke by phone today. On social media, Donald Trump says, among other things, he and Vladimir Putin agreed to start negotiations on ending the Ukraine war. But America's new defense secretary had a blunt message about what the U.S. sees for Ukraine's future.

Kristo Gmancing has more. Returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. Peter Hegseth sat just two chairs away from his Ukrainian defense counterpart, but a chasm separated their visions for the future. The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. That's a big shift in position from what Joe Biden's Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in 2023 when asked about Ukraine's NATO future.

I have no doubt that that will happen. Ending the war is the goal of President Donald Trump, according to Hegseth. We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. Hegseth said Trump will bring the two sides to the negotiating table, but any security guarantees would need to be backed up by Europeans, not American troops. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. For the first time in four years, auto theft is down in Canada. That's according to the insurance fraudud Prevention Group, Equite Association.

Their report says there's been an 18% decline nationally between 2023 and 2024. Brian Gast is the vice president of its investigative services. I mean, it really shows the collaboration and cooperation and the investment by law enforcement and government and CBSA and teams, our teams working with our partners across the country. I think we're seeing some positive signs. I don't want to have a false sense of security that the that the crisis is over because the numbers are still very high compared to over the last 10 years, but it is promising that we're starting to see a decline. More than 55,000 passenger vehicles were stolen in Canada in 2024. The former Kamloops Residential School in BC has been declared a national historic site that the Tukunloos-Tukhsrapnik First Nation decided to preserve several of the buildings.

They want to commemorate the trauma experienced by students, their families and communities and teach Canadians about the long-term impact of the residential school policies. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.