The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/04 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/04 at 08:00 EDT

We're in the midst of the dog days of summer. And it's called that because during this period, Sirius, the dog star, rises with the sun in the morning. Not because it feels like several dogs are breathing their humid breath on you all the time. Can you tell he's a cat person? Hello, I'm Neil Kerkstel. And I'm Chris Houghton. We're the co-hosts of As It Happens.

But throughout the summer, some of our wonderful colleagues will be hosting in our place. We will still be bringing you conversations with people at the center of the day's major news stories here in Canada and throughout the world. You can listen to As It Happens wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. The Trump administration is taking its tariff fight to the U.S. Supreme Court. The administration's case challenges a lower court ruling made last week.

That ruling found Trump's tariff campaign is illegal. and not within the powers of the presidency. Aaron Collins reports. No real surprise here. Donald Trump says striking down his tariffs would be devastating to the U.S. economy, and he says it would actually be bad for his attempts to stop conflicts in Europe in the Middle East. When I say I ended seven wars, at least half of those wars were ended because of the power of tariffs. So Trump arguing his tariffs are essential not just to the U.S. economy, but to the country's foreign policy as well. Of course, the big question for Canadians is what does this mean for their trade dispute with the U.S.?

And the answer there's not as much as you might hope. Most of Canada's exports to the U.S. are still covered under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, something north of 80% are still tariff-free. And the areas of the Canadian economy that are really being hit hard are the steel and aluminum sectors, and were imposed using a different law. So no matter what happens with this challenge, those tariffs are going to stick around. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Washington. The head of a prominent American think tank is speaking today to the federal cabinet.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is holding a two-day cabinet retreat in Toronto, and it will be hearing from Kevin Roberts. Roberts is the mastermind behind Project 2025, the controversial conservative blueprint that proposes a drastic overhaul of the U.S. government. He's been invited to the liberal retreat to discuss trade issues. The cabinet will also hear from Kevin Rudd, Australia's ambassador to the U.S. Officials in Portugal say a Canadian was among those injured in yesterday's finicular crash in Lisbon. No details regarding the Canadian's condition and no name has been released. 17 people were killed in the incident that saw the glorious streetcar derail and crash into a building. This Lisbon electrician says he has long believed.

believe the ride should be getting more safety inspections. The glorious streetcar is a popular tourist attraction in the city offering a scenic ride of a steep hill. The government says the cause of the crash is still being investigated and today Portugal is observing a national day of mourning. In Afghanistan, the number of confirmed dead from last week's earthquake has now reached more than 2,200. The quake struck the country's mountainous eastern region and emergency crews are still struggling to reach all the remote areas. Some reports suggest that entire villages were destroyed. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is in France for a meeting today of the Coalition

of the Willing. The group of about 30 nations, including Canada, is discussing security guarantees for Ukraine and the controversial idea of deploying Western troops. Crystal Gamansing has more. Embracing, like old friends, French President Emmanuel Macron, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, start a new day of talks in Paris. Before the start of the meeting, Macron said coalition leaders would endorse plans for security guarantees, regardless of how many of the more than 30 nations are prepared to commit troops on the ground in Ukraine, Russia won't support any foreign intervention. Today, foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zaharova called the plan fundamentally unacceptable, but NATO's Secretary-General, Mark Ruda, gives a different perspective.

Ukraine is a sovereign nation. If Ukraine wants to have security guarantee forces in Ukraine to support a peace, it's up to them. And I think we really have to stop making Putin too powerful. Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to keep fighting to achieve his objectives if Ukraine does not agree to a deal. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. And that is the world this hour. For news any time, go to our website, CBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.