Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tariffs & AI Squawk Anchors 4/2/25

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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More details on President Trump’s tariff plans are imminent, but Ontario Premier Doug Ford says POTUS can spare the trouble; Canada would be willing to drop its own tariffs, if the United States agreed to drop tariffs, as well. TikTok US buyers are lining up, as the deadline for Bytedance’s divestiture looms. Plus, OpenAI has made its first investment in cybersecurity: Adaptive Security. The company’s co-founder and CEO Brian Long explains how to mitigate risks to your own security and offers a strange surprise: AI anchors. Doug Ford - 12:37 Brian Long - 27:24 In this episode: Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod, it's Tea Day.
0:10.0	President Trump's tariffs possibly taking effect this afternoon.
0:14.0	As we've been saying for days now, the details all quite unclear.
0:18.0	What is clear? Uncertainty for automakers,
0:21.6	grocers, and consumers,
0:23.2	and for Ontario Premier Doug Ford,
0:25.8	frustration.
0:26.7	He calls it Liberation Day.
0:28.1	I call it Termination Day
0:29.3	because people are going to be
0:30.5	losing their jobs across the U.S.
0:33.9	Plus, TikTok buyers are lining up,
0:36.2	and OpenAI has made its very first cybersecurity investment.
0:41.2	When I was sitting with you, and all of a sudden you broke out your phone and said, hey, do you want to hear yourself, I was sort of in shock.
0:47.7	These AI voice impersonations could threaten your family's peace of mind.
0:52.3	CEO of Adaptive Security Brian Long, he says the risk is growing.
0:56.7	When I started talking to customers about this a little over a year ago,
0:59.5	I would have about 5% of executives that hadn't experienced an attack at their company.
1:03.5	Now it's probably about 30-40%.
1:05.5	It's Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025.
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