The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 18:00 EST

Episode Date: March 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 18:00 EST

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We'll talk to you soon. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Jasmine Sebius. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says tariffs will be levied on Canadian and Mexican goods on Tuesday. But it's not clear if President Donald Trump will make those tariffs 25 percent. They have done a lot, so he's sort of thinking about right now how exactly he wants to play it with Mexico and Canada, and that is a fluid situation.

There are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada exactly what they are. We're going to leave that for the president and his team to negotiate. Lutnick also said the U.S. will levy an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods. If the U.S. does apply tariffs, Canada is ready. Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa's strategy will remain the same, no matter what Washington decides to do. The only rational response from the Canadian government is the one that we are taking, which is we have put out our policy response and we will implement that policy response, meeting those tariffs dollar for dollar. Anand says Canada will respond to the US with 155 billion dollars in retaliatory

tariffs on targeted American imports. European and NATO leaders have wrapped up their meeting on how to continue supporting Ukraine in its battle against Russia's invasion. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer organized the meeting and says they've come up with a four-part plan. First, we will keep the military aid flowing and keep increasing the economic pressure on Russia. Second, we agreed that any lasting peace must ensure Ukraine's sovereignty and security,

and Ukraine must be at the table. Third, in the event of a peace deal we will keep boosting Ukraine's own defensive capabilities to deter any future invasion. Fourth, we will go further develop a coalition of the willing to defend a deal in Ukraine. The UK is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air together with others. Europe must do the heavy listing. Stammer also said US involvement was essential and he does not see Washington as an unreliable

ally. The United Nations is calling on Israel to immediately resume the flow of aid into Gaza and for Hamas to release all hostages. This as negotiations on a second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement teeter on the brink. Philipp Lee Shanok has the latest. We fulfilled all our commitments. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar says the first stage of the temporary ceasefire is over so aid trucks can no longer enter or leave the Gaza Strip. He says with the 42-day first phase done, negotiations about what happens next are deadlocked. Sars says Israel agreed to a U.S. proposal to extend the first phase in return for more hostages.

Unfortunately it was rejected by Hamas. The next phase would have seen Israeli troops begin to leave Gaza. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem says by closing the border and denying aid to Gazans, Israel has broken the ceasefire agreement and accused the country of weaponizing hunger. To move on to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, it hopes to have a proposal before an emergency Arab summit on March 4th. Philip LeShannock, CBC News, Toronto. Pope Francis is still in stable condition, the Vatican says. In a

statement it says Francis is without a fever and no longer requires the use of a mechanical ventilator. The Pope has been in a Rome hospital battling double pneumonia for over two weeks. In a post on X, Pope Francis thanked his supporters for their prayers. And there will be a federal by-election in the riding of Halifax on April 14th. That seat was held by liberal Andy Fillmore from 2015 until last August. If a general election is called before April 14th, the by-election will be cancelled. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Jasmine Sepulis.

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