The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/04 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: March 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/04 at 01:00 EST

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tariffs against Canadian goods. U.S. President Donald Trump has been threatening the levy for weeks, but tonight it finally became a reality. The CBC's Katie Simpson reports from Washington. The trade war is on. All signs actually suggest this is happening. While the U.S. president is unpredictable and he has walked back threats from the brink in the past, every indication now is that these sweeping and devastating tariffs are kicking in.

Thank you very much. It's been called an attack, a betrayal, the abandoning of an ally. Donald Trump confirming his tariff plan on Canada, the justification swinging wildly. First, saying it's about creating U.S. auto jobs. Tariffs, 25% on Canada and 25% on Mexico and that'll start. So they're going to have to have a tariff. So what they have to do is build their car plants frankly and other things in the United States.

Then Trump backtracked saying it's really about fentanyl. Too much enters the US, Canada, Mexico and China are to blame and he's not open to further negotiations. No room left. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold a news conference Tuesday morning on the U.S. tariffs and he's already outlining Canada's response. Catherine Cullen has reaction from Ottawa.

The Prime Minister said in a statement late Monday that there is no justification for new U.S. tariffs. He also said that Canada will respond immediately with counter tariffs and that there is no justification for new U.S. tariffs. He also said that Canada will respond immediately with counter tariffs and that there's also discussion, but additional measures to put pressure on the United States that are not directly related to tariffs. Ontario has said phase one of that could be an export charge on energy to the United States. The Prime Minister closed by saying that not only will these tariffs hurt Americans but they violate the very trade agreement the new NAFTA, the USMCA, that was negotiated by President Trump in his last term.

Kathryn Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. And the US isn't just slapping tariffs on Canada and Mexico, it's also raising tariffs on Chinese products to 20 percent. And tonight China is retaliating. It says it will impose additional tariffs of up to 15 percent on key U.S. farm products, including chicken, pork, soy and beef. There's a major development tonight involving the war in Ukraine. The U.S. is pausing military aid to Ukraine just days after a testy meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. As Katie Nicholson reports, the White House is still pushing for a deal to end the war.

Thank you very much. Days after the diplomatic rupture that put a deal between the US and Ukraine on ice, a hint all is not lost. I think everybody has to get into a room, so to speak, and we have to make a deal. And the deal can be made very fast. And yet, still seething from Friday's Oval Office clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump now pausing all military aid to Ukraine until he sees a good faith commitment to peace Earlier in the day those tensions clearly bubbling to the surface

Now maybe somebody doesn't want to make a deal and if somebody doesn't want to make a deal I think that person won't be around very long Ukraine for his part Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy Signaled a willingness to work together For his part, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky signaled a willingness to work together, saying Ukraine, Europe and America can ensure decades of stability, but to achieve this, they must be constructive. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Toronto. Police in Germany say there does not appear to be a political motive in Monday's deadly car ramming in Manheim.

At least two people were killed, several others injured after a car drove into a crowd. It happened as the city was preparing for a week of carnival celebrations. A 40-year-old German national is in custody. In recent months, vehicles have been used as weapons in several German cities. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neal Herland.