The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/08 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/08 at 07:00 EDT

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From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Conservative leader Pierre Polyiev took center stage last night at a campaign rally outside Edmonton where he received an endorsement from a former prime minister. A person who has been right on all the big issues for a decade and a person who has the energy and yes, the youth to take us forward into a better, stronger and more united future. That is former Prime Minister Stephen Harper offering his endorsement, making his first

public appearance as well at that campaign rally. At the same time, Liberal leader Mark Carney was speaking at a rally in Richmond, BC where he discussed his campaign against the Trump administration's tariff campaign. Americans understand money, lawyers, and Fox News. So we're fighting them with tariffs. We're fighting them in the courts. And as I said last night, I wasn't joking. We sent Doug Ford down onto Fox News to home.

And he's doing a damn good job. He's doing a damn good job. He's doing a damn good job. As for today, Mark Carney has stops planned for Delta and a visit to New Westminster before he heads to Calgary. Pierre Polyev is still in the Edmonton area. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is in Vancouver. Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is in Ottawa. And the Green Party is unveiling its health care plan in Guelph, Ontario. Canada's fashion industry is among the many economic sectors across the country that is

in the process of navigating the impact of the Trump tariff campaign. And while Canadian apparel brands may not be facing direct tariffs, they could still end up paying a price. Paula DeHatchock has more. The U.S. market's amazing. It's huge. Emma May owns the Calgary women's wear brand Sophie Grace and all her clothes are made in China. The White House is slapping steep new tariffs on major garment making hubs,

a previous exception allowing small orders from China to the US without tariffs will soon be gone. What people have to understand is that making clothing in India and China, it's not just because labour is cheap. There's an expertise there that does not exist here. Jeremy Oldland co-owns the Montreal kids clothing brand Hatley. We're going to sell less product. It's going to hurt any way you do it.

Bob Kirk is executive director of the Canadian Apparel Federation. He says some big name companies had been shifting production out of China to try and get ahead of tariffs. But now the U.S. is also going after smaller manufacturing hubs like Vietnam. You're very much damned if you do, damned if you don't. As for Emma May, she's still trying to grow her business, but for now focusing on customers north of the border. Paula Duhaczek, CBC News, Calgary. Now to Beijing, where the Chinese government is issuing its most pointed response to date

to the Trump administration's ongoing tariff action. Yenna Li has the details. A spokesperson from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is accusing the U.S. of being unwilling to sit down and talk. If the U.S. insists on waging the tariffs war and trade war regardless of the interests of both countries and the international community, China will play along to the end. Until now, Beijing has actually given a measured response. Trump announced a 10% tariff in February, then another 10% in March, and each time China

announced targeted retaliatory measures, showing its willingness to negotiate and its capability to react. Now Trump is threatening an additional 50 percent tariff. The tone has escalated and Chinese financial markets, both mainland and in Hong Kong, have yet to recover after a catastrophic trading day on Monday. Yesterday, the Hang Seng saw its biggest one-day drop since 1997. Yenilee for CBC News, Beijing. Prince Harry has arrived at a London court to challenge the British government's decision to strip him of his publicly funded security detail. The Duke of Sussex lost the privilege five years ago when he stepped down from his role as a working member of the royal family.

Harry claims his family is in danger anytime he visits the UK because of media hostility toward him and his wife, Meghan. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.