The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/03 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/03 at 23:00 EDT

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Listen to stories that give us all hope on all about change wherever you get your podcasts. Yes we can! From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is imposing its own 25% tariff on imported cars in response to Donald Trump's levy. Marina von Stackelberg reports. Ottawa will match Donald Trump's auto tariffs. It will slap 25% levies on all vehicles imported from the US that don't comply with the current free trade agreement. We take these measures in ways that it's intended and will cause maximum impact in the United States and minimum impact here in Canada.

Carney says the potential $8 billion raised from Ottawa's counter tariffs will go directly to Canadian auto companies and their workers. The threat for Canada remains high. The U.S. has signaled its eyeing this country's drugs, semiconductors and supply managed dairy sector as other industries to hit. Carney says Trump has violated so much of Canada's free trade deal it should be renegotiated. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. In Canada's auto sector there is fear and confusion and for workers no owner's manual to guide them through it. Stellantis has already announced it's shutting down its Windsor, Ontario production plant for the next two weeks. Ellison Northcott with more.

Tomorrow is the last day before a two week shutdown. It's just gonna, because of the tariffs. As he left after his shift at the Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario, Yousef Bresim was worried. He's one of more than 3,000 employees temporarily laid off. We can't make any move in our lives. We are very worried. We can't even, we're even able to put foot on the table because of the layoffs. Just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25 percent auto tariffs would go into effect on Thursday, thousands of Stellantis workers learned their jobs will be on hold for two weeks. In a

statement the company said it's assessing the effects of the tariffs and temporarily pausing production on some Canadian and Mexican assembly plants, also affecting support operations and 900 jobs in the U.S. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. While Canada's been spared punishing U.S. tariffs, BC's premier says he's still anxious about levies on softwood lumber. As Katie D'Oroza reports, the forest restructor will meet Friday to talk about ways to reduce reliance on the U.S. for trade. I am glad to see a shift in how the president's talking about Canada.

A temporary sigh of relief from BC premier David Eby, a day after the province was spared any new tariffs. Eby spoke to fellow premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney shortly before Carney announced 25% reciprocal tariffs on the US auto sector. Eby says he remains worried that Trump will punish Canada's forestry sector, pointing to the president's announcement of a national security investigation into wood products imported into the U.S. My concern is that the president has committed to targeting our softwood lumber industry. Concerns shared by the Assembly of First Nations Chief Terry Teejee. If we see tariffs, it could be the backbreaker in some communities who have no access to other markets other than the United States.

The premier will be in Prince George Friday for the BC Council of Forest Industries Conference. Katie De Rosa, CBC News, Victoria. Mexico's president says Trump didn't impose extra tariffs on her country because they have a good relationship. Claudia Shane-Bomb says the situation is good for Mexico, even though there are still tariffs on goods that don't comply with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. She says she'll announce measures to strengthen the auto steel and aluminum industries next month. This past hour, South Korea's constitutional court removed

President Yoon Suk-yul from office. I declare, post impeachment, unanimously, the claimee, the president, Yoon Suk-yul, is officially impeached. The country's parliament had impeached Yoon following his attempt last year to impose martial law. The leader of South Korea's ruling party has put out an official apology. There are reports that Yoon's supporters have gone on a destructive rampage. That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.