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World Service,17 Aug 2026,26 mins

50% Tariff Warning: The US-Canada Trade War Escalates

World Business Report

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The US has threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on goods, with billions of dollars of trade at stake. But can Canada persuade President Trump to change course? We take a look into the talks that have been happening so far. We’ll also explore Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s latest move in the AI race. And we ask if changing jobs is becoming a gamble fewer workers are willing to take? Producers: Mathew Lines, Bisi Adebayo, Parisa Qurban. (Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6, 2025, in Washington DC, to discuss tariffs / Photo by Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images.)

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