The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/03 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/03 at 11:00 EDT

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We're expecting to hear from Prime Minister Mark Carney later this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We're expecting to hear from Prime Minister Mark Carney later this hour. He is in Ottawa and after a virtual meeting with the premiers he's scheduled to make an announcement regarding Canada's response to the Trump administration's latest tariff action. Carney has already indicated that along with retaliatory tariffs a support package is being prepared for affected Canadian workers. Meanwhile, out on the campaign trail, New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh is promising today that an NDP government would sell victory bonds as part of its trade war effort against

the United States. A victory bond would be a guaranteed investment where you would purchase a bond, a five-year or a ten-year, and if you hold it to maturity, you would get all the revenue tax-free. So it's a way to raise money to build the roads, the bridges, the infrastructure we need. That's Singh campaigning today in Ottawa. As for Conservative leader Pierre Polyev, he's in Kingston, Ontario, and last night addressed

a campaign rally reiterating that development is the best way for Canada to meet the US trade threat. Canada must end its era of over-dependence and weakness. We must be an economic fortress that can defend itself, that can stand up for its own people. As for the other leaders, the bloc's Yves-Francois Blanchet is in Quebec City tonight. Green Party co-founder, co-leader Jonathan Pedneau is in Montreal. Also tonight, you should know, all the party leaders will be interviewed in French on Radio Canada.

Trump's previously announced tariffs on the Canadian auto sector went into effect as of midnight and the fallout has been immediate. Stellantis has announced its pausing production at its Windsor, Ontario assembly plant for two weeks. And at five of its production facilities in the US, more than 900 workers are being temporarily laid off. Now to Brussels, where the European Union is facing an across-the-board 20% Trump tariff. And European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

says an EU response is in the works. We are already finalizing the first package of countermeasures Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says an EU response is in the works. We are already finalizing the first package of countermeasures in response to tariffs on steel. And we're now preparing for further countermeasures to protect our interests and our businesses if negotiations fail. Trump claims that when it comes to taking advantage of the American trading market, the European Union is among the worst offenders.

As for China, it is the hardest hit of all the nations targeted in the Trump tariff action. And today, Beijing is calling the US president a bully. Yenna Li reports. Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun says China opposes the move and will take firm measures to safeguard its legitimate rights. The additional 34 percent tariffs imposed by the U.S. on Chinese exports brings total tariffs on Chinese goods to 54 percent. Cambodia was slapped with a 49 percent levy, Vietnam with 46 percent.

Trump says both countries are being used by China to ship goods to the US. His administration also closed a loophole known as de minimus that has allowed China's e-commerce giants to reap huge profits from the US market. The developments are deepening differences between Washington and Beijing. There's growing frustration in China over what many see as an effort to undermine the country's pandemic recovery as it faces major economic challenges. Yenna Li for CBC News, Beijing.

A fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes overnight has left more than 50 people dead across the Gaza Strip. The military action comes the day after senior government officials were quoted as saying that Israel would be seizing large areas of Gaza to establish a new security corridor across the territory. British officials have opened an investigation into an African charity co-founded by Prince Harry. Senta Baila provides support for young people in Botswana, but the prince abruptly resigned last week, saying the relationship between the board and its chair was beyond repair. The chair has since accused Harry of orchestrating a bullying and harassment

campaign to try to force her to step down. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.