The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 09:00 EST

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30-day trial and start listening today. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. For those on the front lines of the Canada-U.S. trade war, it is another day of confusion and uncertainty. The first major American concession from the White House came yesterday, with the auto sector being granted at least a one-month reprieve. It's being suggested there could be more car votes to come. But then again, maybe not.

John Northcott reports. Increasingly, the challenge for U.S. allies and trading partners is not so much how to respond to the ever-changing tariff threats, but what is the specific threat on any particular day. the ever-changing tariff threats, but what is the specific threat on any particular day? With the 30-day pause in tariffs on the auto sector, the industry still has many questions about what it all means. A phone call between President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau did little to settle the dispute, and while the initial rationale for the tariffs was to combat the influx of fentanyl

and migrants from Canada, that appears to be shifting. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt. He told them that he they should get on it, start investing, start moving, shift production here to the United States of America where they will pay no tariff. That's the ultimate goal. All of this has left Canadian officials wondering what's coming next with Canada's foreign affairs minister Melanie Jolie saying they don't want to have to go through this quote psycho drama every 30 days. John Northcott, CBC News, Toronto. The Canadian First Ministers meanwhile have opened talks on how to drop trade barriers here in Canada. And they issued a statement last night that says among other things that they're looking

to make it easier for workers to have their job credentials recognized outside their home province. Provincial trade and labour ministers have been directed to come up with a national credential plan by June 1st. Quebec however says it'll need more time due to the specifics of its language laws. An emergency defense summit has opened in Brussels with the European Union preparing for a future that doesn't include military cooperation with the United States. Anna Cunningham has more from London. We've seen all 27 EU nation leaders this morning in Brussels.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is there. Also, he arrived flanked by the EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. This meeting, von der Leyen says, is to cement the EU support for Ukraine and rearm Europe. This is a watershed moment for Europe. And Ukraine is part of our European family. It's also a watershed moment for Ukraine. Europe faces a clear and present danger. The message that we're getting is very much about Europe bolstering its own alliances,

certainly in the face of the US administration under President Donald Trump pivoting away from support for Ukraine. Discussions today certainly centering on boosting the EU defense spending by billions and that could include investment in the manufacture of weapons on the continent. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Global Affairs is looking to get a Canadian serving a prison sentence in Poland transferred back home to Canada. The 18-year-old from Vancouver, who admits he agreed to work as

a Russian spy, was found guilty of espionage back in December. Jonathan Gatehouse has more. He needs to come home. Endelaine Nelson's son, Lakin Pavan, had just left Vancouver for a backpacking trip to Europe when she received an earth-shattering call. I was told that Lakin had been arrested and charged with espionage against the Polish government. Polish court documents show the Canadian Army reservist wanted to volunteer for an aid organization in occupied Ukraine. Instead, he was recruited there by Russian intelligence and sent to Warsaw to spy on the Polish military.

His espionage career ended hours after he arrived, when he got drunk in a hotel bar and confessed to police. Now 18 years old, he was convicted this past December and is serving a 20-month sentence. The family says CESIS and the RCMP had Lakin on their radar before he left. Neither agency would confirm or deny that. Global Affairs Canada is in talks with the Polish authorities and his family hopes Lakin will be home soon. Jonathan Gatehouse, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.