The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: March 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 01:00 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 Claude Fague. The federal government says it's keeping its reciprocal tariffs on $30 billion worth

of US goods in place, despite Donald Trump's decision to pause tariffs on some Canadian and Mexican exports. Trump announced his pause today, while promising at the same time more tariffs are on the way. Tom Perry reports. We don't need trees from Canada. We don't need cars from Canada. The president of the United States venting yet again against his northern neighbor as he signed another series of executive orders in the Oval Office. Despite the

vitriol, Donald Trump says he's temporarily lifting tariffs on most goods from Canada and Mexico until next month. Finance Minister Dominic Abloh says for now, Canada plans to keep in place its reciprocal tariffs on $30 billion worth of U.S. goods. We want to get to a position that we were in two weeks ago where there are no tariffs applied to the trade between Canada and the United States. LeBlanc says Canada will postpone a planned second round of levies on $125 billion worth of U.S. products until April 2nd, with Trump promising more tariffs next

week though, that could change. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. All provinces and territories are getting behind the push to buy Canadian as a way to counter to the effects of the U.S. tariffs. And there's a new plan in the works to eliminate inter-provincial barriers by June the 1st. Raffy Boudjah Canyon has more. At the wine cellar of his restaurant in Ottawa, Stephen Bechtta stacks his bottles of local vintage. I can't wait to get my hands on some top flight B.C. wine, Nova Scotia wine.

Easing up restrictions on selling alcohol across the country is something winemakers and breweries have been pushing for years, encountering resistance from their provincial governments in Ottawa too. No more, says Anita Anand, the federal minister for internal trade. Anand has announced a deal with most provinces in all territories to remove the obstacles around preventing the sale of their alcohol in other jurisdictions. We need to build one Canadian economy rather than 13 separate economies. She says governments will sit down to hammer out the exact details, part of a larger effort to knock down internal trade barriers within Canada, including the recognition of labour

credentials to allow more mobility for a range of professionals. Rafi Boudjikandani on CBC News, Ottawa. In other news, a court challenge from two Nova Scotia residents to overturn the federal government's suspension of government has been dismissed. The decision by federal court Chief Justice Paul Crampton ruled that the applicants had failed to show that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had, quote, exceeded any of the limits in proroguing government in January. The two men had asked the court to declare the current prorogation illegal because there

must be a reasonable justification. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says talks with the U.S. to end Russia's invasion will take place in Saudi Arabia next week. He made the announcement hours after a meeting with European leaders. Briar Stewart reports. Good morning. As Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky met European leaders in Brussels, the reception was much warmer than that Oval Office meeting last week.

And it's great that we are not alone. We feel it and we know it. Thank you so much for everything. Unlike the US, which has halted military aid and severed intelligence sharing with Ukraine, the EU is proposing a more than one trillion dollar plan to rearm Europe, a proposal to help Ukraine and beef up defences across the continent in the face of threats from Russia. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Spend, spend, spend on defence and deterrence. That's the most important message.

As Europe tries to strengthen its support for Ukraine and its own defences, its relationship with Moscow will likely grow even denser. Briar Stewart, CBC News, London. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.