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Canadian PM announce retaliatory tariffs on the US

Justin Trudeau said Canada was putting tariffs on over 100 billion dollars of US goods.

Justin Trudeau said Canada was putting tariffs on over 100 billion dollars of US goods, and about one third of those measures will take effect on Tuesday, when American tariffs on Canadian goods also start.

Also on the programme: Burundi's president has said the conflict in the east Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war; and we head to London's Warburg Institute to hear about an exhibition exploring the history of tarot cards.

Host Julian Worricker is joined by guests Dayo Forster, a Gambian-born writer and data specialist now based in the UK, and Roman Krznaric, a UK-based writer and social philosopher.

(Photo:Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a press conference in Ottawa, Canada on 1 February, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Patrick Doyle)

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