The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 22:00 EST

Episode Date: March 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 22:00 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 Neil Kumar. The White House is again sending mixed signals about its threatened tariffs. The U.S. seems poised to impose

the sweeping measure this Tuesday, but whether or not those tariffs will be as steep as originally planned is still anyone's guess. Katie Simpson has more. Both Mexico and Canada have done a reasonable job on the border. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the U.S. president may not hit his biggest trading partners as hard as originally planned. I think there are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada exactly what they're going to be I'm going to leave that for the president to decide. Donald Trump had previously promised to impose broad 25 percent tariffs on

Canada and Mexico with a lower 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy products all under the guise of frustration around illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the US. During an interview with Fox News and energy products, all under the guise of frustration around illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. During an interview with Fox News, Lutnick seemed to suggest the numbers could change. Ever since Trump won the election, he's made a wide range of threats with ever-changing justifications. Trump is so unpredictable, Canadian officials are not expecting to know his final decision

until the actual deadline arrives on Tuesday. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. 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 U.S. with $155 billion 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 to 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 comes as negotiations on a second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement teeter on the brink. Philip Lee Shanach has the latest. We fulfilled all our commitments. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sarr 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. Sarr 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 LeShannok, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.