The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/03 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/03 at 05:00 EDT

Scott Payne spent nearly two decades working undercover as a biker, a neo-Nazi, a drug dealer, and a killer. But his last big mission at the FBI was the wildest of all. I have never had to burn baubles. I have never had to burn an American flag. And I damn sure was never with a group of people that stole a goat, sacrificed it in a pagan ritual, and drank its blood. And I did all that in about three days with these guys. Listen to Agent Palehorse, the second season of White Hot Hate, available now. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced so-called reciprocal tariffs on roughly 60 countries,

along with a 10% baseline levy on all U.S. President Donald Trump has announced so-called reciprocal tariffs on roughly 60 countries, along with a 10% baseline levy on all U.S. trading partners. But Canada and Mexico are exempt from the new global rates. Chris Reyes has the details. This is one of the most important days, in my opinion, in American history. Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs against a long list of countries, but spared Canada and Mexico. The two countries were absent on a chart held up by Trump to show the new tariff rate for each country. Trump called the tariffs reciprocal and explained how they were calculated.

We will charge them approximately half of what they are and have been charging us. After the event, the White House released a statement explaining that goods compliant charge them approximately half of what they are and have been charging us. After the event, the White House released a statement explaining that goods compliant with the free trade deal between the US, Canada and Mexico are exempt from reciprocal tariffs, but a 25% tariff linked to border security will remain in place. Meanwhile, other countries will still be hit with a 10 percent baseline tariff against all imports into the U.S. and 25 percent on all foreign-made vehicles coming into the country. Chris Treayes, CBC News, New York. Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with this U.S.-Canada committee.

He says that while Canada may have avoided reciprocal tariffs, the threat to Canada's economy remains. The fentanyl tariffs still remain in place, as do the tariffs for steel and aluminum. The tariffs on automobiles will enter into force. And the U.S. has signaled that there will be additional tariffs in so-called strategic sectors. There is going to be an impact on the U.S. economy, which will build with time, in our judgment. It will be negative on the U.S. economy, that will have an impact on us.

But the series of measures will directly affect millions of Canadians. Carney will speak with the premiers at a meeting this morning. More details are expected then. Other federal leaders are on the campaign trail, outlining their plans to Trump-proof the Canadian economy. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says his government would speed up the talks on the new North American free trade deal and create a special fund to help workers affected by tariffs. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says Ottawa's priority needs to be the well-being of workers, not big corporations. Janice McGregor has

more. We will not back down, we will not give up and we will win this fight. Union members from the building trades join Jagmeet Singh in Winnipeg today as he laid out the NDP's plan to protect Canadian workers in this trade war. When it comes to how we as a nation deal with the United States, I'm on Team Canada. I want us to win. I think we need to show united front and we stand together. When it comes to our internal response, our domestic response, that's where I'm going to be critical of the other parties. New Democrats want to see more meaningful improvements to the employment insurance system. Their platform also proposes a massive infrastructure building campaign using Canadian materials

and Canadian workers. Singh's also matching Donald Trump's protectionism with some of his own, calling for a no trade clause in any future deals to protect essential industries like hydro, critical minerals and the culture sector. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Winnipeg. Several Republican senators joined the Democrats to pass a resolution that would block Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada. This came hours after Trump announced sweeping import taxes on some of the country's largest trading partners. Four Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and both

Kentucky senators, the former majority leader Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul defied Trump's pressure campaign and supported the measure in a vote of 51 to 48. President Trump unveiled 54% tariffs on all Chinese imports into the U.S. on Wednesday as part of his Liberation Day reset of America's global trade policy. China criticized the move and vows to take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests. The tariffs are poised to push a major reset of relations and escalate a trade war between the world's two largest economies. China is the second top importer to the U.S. behind Mexico. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.