Good evening. I'm Omna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, the European Union and Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. escalating President Trump's trade war. The Trump administration takes aim at the Department of Education, firing nearly half its workforce.

And hundreds of thousands of Afghans who worked with America live in fear of Taliban

retribution after the U.S. suspended its refugee program. Welcome to the news hour.

The trade war between the U.S. and dozens of countries escalated yet again today.

Canada and the European Union announced their own tariffs

designed to inflict economic pain and pressure on America.

But President Trump said he would not be deterred from his campaign

to get better and more fair trading agreements over time.

Stephanie Syne begins with this report.

The European Union must act to protect

today U.S. allies punched back. The countermeasures we take today are strong but

proportionate. This morning, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

announcing tariffs on U.S. goods totaling some $28 billion.

They're set to take effect in two stages, starting April 1st, and cover a wide range of products

from textiles to home appliances to agricultural goods. The EU is targeting many products

made in Republican health states like beef,

poultry and bourbon. But von der Leyen said there's still time to reverse course.

We will always remain open to negotiations. We firmly believe that in a world fraught with geo-economic and political uncertainties,

it is not in our common interest to burden our economies with such tariffs.

Meanwhile, in Canada,

We're hitting back against these unjustified U.S. tariffs.

25% reciprocal tariffs take effect tomorrow on more than $20 billion worth of steel, aluminum, and other U.S. imports.

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