Tit-for-tat tariffs, Gaza ceasefire talks, student hazing death & more

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

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Canada and Europe are taking aim at President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum. A key mediator is trying to advance ceasefire negotiations involving Israel and Hamas. More federal agency jobs are on the chopping block. Three students have been arrested in connection with a fraternity hazing death. And, a storm in the western US is ramping up this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.5	Canada is imposing 25% tariffs on U.S. imports, such as steel and aluminum, computers, and sports equipment that are
0:46.2	set to take effect tomorrow. That's after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs
0:52.3	on all steel and aluminum imported into the U.S. earlier today.
0:57.0	It's the first time in Trump's second term that a set of tariffs has been applied to all countries.
1:02.0	The European Union retaliated within hours, imposing higher tariffs on goods imported to those countries for the first time since his White House return.
1:11.5	Tariffs could give America's steel and aluminum industries a boost,
1:15.2	but could raise prices for American manufacturers, which could be passed on to consumers.
1:20.9	Appliances, machinery, medical devices, cans, and power lines are just some of the products
1:25.8	that rely on the metals.
1:28.2	Now to the latest on ceasefire and hostage negotiations involving Israel and Hamas.
1:34.1	U.S. envoy and key mediator Steve Wickoff is in Doha, Qatar, for meetings with Arab officials,
1:40.3	and Arab diplomat told CNN. This comes after Israel accepted an invitation from U.S.-backed mediators to advance negotiations
1:48.1	with Hamas after the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire expired earlier this month.
1:53.6	The U.S. has held what Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as quote,
1:57.7	one-off talks with Hamas directly for the first time over the past weeks.
2:01.6	Before his trip, Wickoff told Fox News on Monday that Hamas' demands that the Israeli military leave Gaza is a non-starter.
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