The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/09 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/09 at 21:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. U.S. President Donald Trump is backing down on his latest tariffs. A sudden 180 turn that means a long list of countries will face much lower rates. As Katie Simpson reports, Canada and Mexico will avoid any new charges, but China is about to be hammered even harder. You have to be able to show a little flexibility. U.S. President Donald Trump defending the dramatic reversal in his trade war, confirming a 90-day pause on the country-specific tariffs with the exception of China, which will now face a higher 125 percent tariff because it continues to retaliate. The country-specific

tariffs will be replaced for now with a 10 percent baseline tariff. It does not apply to Canada. Initially, Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, said it would apply to Canada. The White House later clarified that is not the case. Canada is already navigating a 25% border security tariff, though KUSMA-compliant goods are exempt. There are also 25% tariffs on the auto sector, steel and aluminum, and none of that changes in this moment. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Liberal leader Mark Carney reacted to the pause on tariffs on the platform acts.

He called the announcement a welcome reprieve for the global economy and said the Canadian prime minister will continue negotiations on a new economic and security relationship immediately following the federal election. Conservative leader Pierre Polly have reacted to the situation at a speech in Brampton, Ontario tonight. Prime Minister Carney boasted that he had a quote productive phone call with the president. He said that he had made progress with the president.

What progress? Meantime Poly-Ev unveiled a three strikes and you're out crime policy today. It would deny repeat offenders bail and parole and designate them dangerous offenders. Karen Pauls reports. Statistics Canada shows violent crime has increased 50% starting the year before the Liberals took power in 2015. Gun crime is up 116%, gang homicides 78%. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev focused on bail reform

and mandatory minimum sentencing as he unveiled his crime platform in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Three strikes, you're out means that anyone convicted of three serious offenses will be ineligible for bail, probation, parole or house arrest. And they will serve a minimum of 10 years behind bars. Benjamin Perrin is a law professor at the University of British Columbia. An architect of the tough-on-crime policies of the Harper era, he changed his mind about mandatory minimum sentences after research in the United States suggested they were a factor in increased homicides there. Karen Pauls,

CBC News, Winnipeg. And finally Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a residential building in Gaza City has killed at least 29 people and more could be trapped in the rubble. Chris Brown reports. Israel's attack on the Shujaiah area of Gaza City left a building flattened with rescuers using their bare hands to dig through the concrete and rebar in a desperate search for survivors. Some of the victims who were pulled out had been completely crushed, and among them were children. There were about 20 or 30 children here,

we're still looking for them, said rescuer Fadi Abu Al Qas. Israel's military says it was targeting a senior Hamas official but didn't provide a name or say what he had done. Defense Minister Israel Katz said if Hamas continues its refusal and does not release hostages soon, the IDF will engage in intense fighting throughout Gaza until all the hostages are released and Hamas is defeated. Chris Brown, CBC News, London. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.