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Election! Fallout from Trump's trade bomb

Trump’s new global trade war scrambles the federal campaigns into action. How are they meeting the moment and what comes next?
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Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Front Burner29:04Election! Fallout from Trump’s trade bomb

Canada may have dodged the worst of Trump's Liberation Day tariffs, but it didn't emerge unscathed.

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he is going ahead with a 25 per cent tariff on "all foreign-made" automobiles – a devastating blow for the Canadian auto sector, plunging it into uncertainty.

Aaron Wherry, a senior writer with the CBC's parliamentary bureau, joins the show to discuss the fallout from Trump's latest levies, how Canada's political leaders are responding and what it all means for the final weeks of the campaign.

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