The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/22 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/22 at 20:00 EDT

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling it a gesture of goodwill. As the trade dispute with the United States drags on, he says Canada will remove many counter tariffs on American goods, dropping the levies on products that are compliant with the Kuzma trade agreement. U.S. President Donald Trump is reacting positively to the move, and the Prime Minister hopes it will kickstart more negotiations. Rafi Bujicanan has the story. We have the best deal with the United States right now. We have the best deal.

Look at the numbers. Prime Minister Mark Carney defending his conciliatory approach with the U.S. He says the Americans have not imposed tariffs on Canadian goods that comply with the Kuzma trade deal. It has been a complaint of President Donald Trump's administration that Canada was not doing the same until today. We will now match the United States by removing all of Canada's tariffs on U.S. goods, specifically covered under Kuzma. Tariffs will remain in place on steel, aluminum, and auto products, 25%. That's still just half of what the Americans charge for Canadian goods going to the states in those sectors. Carney spoke to Trump yesterday the first publicly acknowledged conversation between the two men in weeks.

He says the U.S. President assured him this move would unblock negotiation. toward a trade deal. Raffi Bucanion, CBC News, Ottawa. The FBI is investigating Donald Trump's former national security advisor. John Bolton is reportedly part of an investigation into whether he illegally possessed or shared classified information. Lisa Sching has the latest. I'm not a fan of John Bolm. U.S. President Donald Trump, slamming his former national security advisor,

saying he was not aware the FBI was going to raid, Bolton's Maryland home. He's a real center of low life. FBI agents searched both Bolton's home and Washington office. During Trump's first term, the two clashed over foreign policy. Since then, the Justice Department tried to block the publication of a memoir Bolton wrote by opening a criminal investigation, which ended under Joe Biden. Bolton, now a vocal critic of Trump,

including on his handling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump just wants a peace agreement that he can put on his resume for the Nobel Prize Committee. The Trump administration has repeatedly targeted political enemies, including former FBI director James Comey. Lisa Sching, CBC News, Washington. Ukraine's president says Russia is doing everything it can to stop a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin from taking place. Both Kyiv and Washington were optimistic peace talks were within reach following a summit between Putin and Donald Trump. But as Dominic Volaitis reports, now the U.S. President isn't so sure. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has repeatedly called for Putin to meet him.

On Friday, he accused Russia of not only avoiding a meeting, but also actively prolonging the war. I think in two weeks we'll know which way I'm going. Now, another deadline from U.S. President Donald Trump, who's already begun making arrangements for a Putin-Zelensky meeting, Clearly frustrated at the lack of progress, he once again raised the possibility of punishing Russia. It's going to be a very important decision, and that's whether or not it's massive sanctions or massive tariffs or above, or do we do nothing, and say it's your fight. Meanwhile, Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has claimed Putin is indeed ready to meet Zelensky, but only when an agenda for such a summit is ready, while blaming Zelensky for saying no to everything. for CBC News, London.

New York State Police say five bus passengers are dead and many injured after a tour bus crashed and rolled on a highway. The bus was returning to New York City from Niagara Falls. 52 people were on board. The crash happened on a highway east of Buffalo. It isn't clear what caused the bus to hit a median and veer into a ditch. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.

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