The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/10 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/10 at 09:00 EDT

How are Canadians bracing for a full-on trade war? Without U.S. buy-in, can Canada really help Ukraine? And is Canadian patriotism messing with conservative strategy? We explore questions like these on Power and Politics, CBC's only political daily. I'm David Cochran. I speak to the key players in the political stories everyone is talking about. You'll hear from those who've got the power, those who want it, and those affected most by it. You can find Power in Politics wherever you get your podcasts,

including YouTube. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Statistics Canada is reporting a steep drop in the number of Canadians visiting the United States last month. StatScan says the number of Canadians driving to the U.S. was down by more than 31 percent compared to March of last year. As for Canadians traveling by air, it's a 13 percent drop.

Those numbers include both one-day visits and extended stays. And it's the second consecutive month that the numbers are down. Now to the U.S. tariff action, and with most of the American global trade campaign on hold, it's clear the Trump administration's main trade target is now China. And as the U.S.-Chinese trade war escalates, Beijing is insisting it will not back down. John Northcott has the latest. An article in the state-controlled China Daily argues that the tariff hikes, quote, severely infringe on China's legitimate rights and interests, and Chinese officials are vowing

to fight to the end. For China's rulers and its people, the Trump trade war goes to national pride and has existential implications. Danny Russell is with the Asia Society Policy Institute. What he has achieved is getting the Chinese people to rally behind President Xi Jinping and reduce both the incentive for China to compromise. Russell adds the Trump flip flops have sent a message to the Chinese that whatever deal could be struck might not stick While some might be reluctant to call it a strategy on Trump's part

He says countries are coming to him to make a deal including China They don't know quite how to go about it, but they'll figure it out, but they want to make a deal Meanwhile Chinese officials have filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the tariffs. John Northcott, CBC News, Toronto. While President Trump zeros in on China, the existing tariffs on Canada are still in place. That includes Trump's fentanyl-related levies, as well as the tariffs on the auto sector, steel, aluminum, potash and energy. But in response, Canada's retaliatory tariffs are still very much on the books.

As for the European Union, it is pausing its tariff response, saying it hopes it can negotiate a permanent long-term solution with the United States. Now to the election campaign and the sharp divide emerging in the way the parties are dealing with the media. Most parties are following the traditional model, which includes allowing media outlets like the CBC to travel aboard campaign planes and buses. But the Conservative Party, on the other hand, is running a more closed operation. Tom Perry reports. We have now take questions from the floor.

Pierre Poliev's campaign day usually starts with a speech unveiling some new policy followed by a news conference. Polev usually takes just four questions with Conservative Party staffers deciding which reporters get to ask. That boiled over this week in Sault St. Marie Ontario when a reporter not hand-picked by the party tried to shout a question. Sorry there's just a protester here. Go ahead. It's a reporter trying to ask you a legitimate question. The Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Québécois all have reporters traveling on their campaigns.

Those reporters decide who asks questions. It's added up to the other party leaders facing far more questions at their events than Polyev, whose party vowed this would be one of the most accessible and transparent campaigns in recent memory. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. In the Dominican Republic, hope more survivors will be found in the rubble of a collapse to nightclub is starting to fade. That's the head of emergency operations updating those keeping vigil for their loved ones last

night. 218 people are now confirmed dead. Two dozen patients are still in hospital and there are dozens of people reporting that their loved ones are missing. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. From CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.

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