U.S. asking for trade talk ‘entry fee’, another ceasefire extension, UK smoking ban, and more
4/22/202627 min
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the U.S. won’t dictate terms when the two countries meet to talk trade.
And: U.S. President Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the U.S. ceasefire with Iran. It was supposed to end today. Despite the truce Trump says the U.S. blockade of Iran's ports in the Strait of Hormuz will continue. And Iran fired on and seized several ships in strait.
Also: Children in Britain, and anyone born in the future, will never be able to legally buy cigarettes there. Lawmakers have voted to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009. The goal is to create the first smoke-free generation.
Plus: Gene therapy for deafness, Ottawa considers turning the former Kingston Penitentiary into housing, Air Transat and Lufthansa cut thousands of flights as jet fuel prices soar, and more.
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Jeanne Shaheen· Soundbite0:30
[upbeat music] This is a CBC podcast.
Jameson Greer· Soundbite0:33
[upbeat music] There are two countries that have retaliated economically against the United States in the past year, the People's Republic of China and Canada. So that's kind of the, the company that they're running in.
Dave Seglins· Host0:49
As Donald Trump's trade representative testifies before a congressional committee, word the administration is demanding what amounts to an entry fee, economic concessions from Canada before the US will begin any trade talks. This is Your World Tonight. I'm Dave Seglins. It is Wednesday, April twenty-second, coming up on six PM Eastern. Also on the podcast.
Dan Jørgensen· Soundbite1:11
We might, uh, experience, uh, security of supply problems on jet fuel. We already see airlines starting to, uh, to reduce their, their demand by, by closing down, uh, uh, different routes.
Dave Seglins· Host1:25
A warning from the EU about long-term energy shortages due to the US