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ZAIN ASHER, HOST, "ONE WORLD": Today is the day President Trump is calling Liberation Day.
BIANNA GOLODRYGA, HOST, "ONE WORLD": One World starts right now. Jitters and uncertainty, the world is bracing for Trump's tariffs to go into
effect. We'll look at the impact on consumers, bottom line.
ASHER: Plus, sources are telling CNN, a senior Russian official is planning to visit Washington today for talks on Ukraine. This comes as President
Trump is struggling to get a ceasefire deal over the line.
GOLODRYGA: And from Tombstone to Top Gun, we look back at the legacy of actor Val Kilmer.
Hello, everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga.
ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher. You are watching One World.
Just hours from now, President Trump's plan to impose major tariffs on America's trading partners will finally come to light.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah. The White House says these tariffs will go into effect immediately, but sources tell us that as of late yesterday, the President
was still weighing several tariff options from a universal tariff on all imports to a possible tiered system. Not knowing the details of his plan is
not surprisingly causing concern for businesses and consumers alike, who fear that their costs will go up.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our pastas, our olive oils, our tomatoes and all kinds of imported cheeses, we eat a little bit, but there is going to come a time
where we can't. So, it has to be passed on at that point.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If I can tell you, our costs have gone up in our cans. There is nothing I can do about it. .
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That would put us out of the market of buying this car.
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ASHER: China, meantime, promises to counter-attack if the U.S. continues to engage in what it calls tariff-related blackmail. That's not an
insignificant threat. China is the U.S.'s third largest trading partner, behind Mexico and Canada.
GOLODRYGA: Let's see how the markets are reacting, a bit muted, as we had seen yesterday as well. Of course, not to read too much into this. This is
all really anticipation of what's to come at 04:00 p.m. Eastern Time today, when the President is set to unveil those tariffs from the White House.
ASHER: Yeah. The market is in a holding pattern right now. We're going to know in about five hours' time. But interestingly, and this is important,
the President is making this announcement after the markets close. We're going to talk to Matt Egan about that in just a moment.
But first, let's look at the political angle. I want to bring in Alayna Treene, joining us live now from the White House. So, Alayna, what's
interesting here is that Doug Ford, the Ontario Premier in Canada, actually spoke a few days ago with Howard Lutnick, the Commerce Secretary, and asked
him, hey, what do you know about these tariffs? Howard Lutnick, the Commerce Secretary, just a few days ago, said he literally had absolutely
no idea. We're now hearing that the President is still weighing his options, just less than a day before these tariffs are set to go into
effect. The fact that there is so much uncertainty, the fact that the President's inner circle has no clue what is being announced today, what
does that tell us?
ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Right. Well, and that was definitely the case at least yesterday. We'll see what that looks like
actually this morning. But, you're exactly right, Zain. I mean, we know that last night, I knew at least from many people who were calling the
President, friends of his, advisors, saying that they were still trying to lobby him at the 11th hour. They were still perfecting in the White House's
characterization of it, this tariff announcement yesterday as well. He was huddled with his advisors, like Howard Lutnick, but also Scott Bessent and
others throughout the day yesterday, again, really trying to hammer out the details on this. And that's the key thing.
I think part of this is they do want this announcement kind of veiled in secrecy. We know it's going to be made at 04:00 p.m. in the Rose Garden,
his first Rose Garden event of his second administration. But also part of it is, again, because really they were working on this at the last minute.
Now, one thing notable about the timing out of this announcement, you mentioned it as well, Zain, is that not only is it at 04:00 p.m. I thought
it was initially scheduled to be made at 03:00 p.m. So, the fact that it was pushed to 04:00 p.m. when markets close is also very notable.
But, a few key things to look at here, some of the things we know that have been floated by top Trump administration officials. One is there is a
question of whether this is going to be a tariff across the board on imports coming into United States. We had heard as high as potentially 20
percent. That is probably the most extreme type of tariff that we would see. But then, of course, there is also, will there be different countries
getting different types of percentages on the tariffs that he levies? Will it be, in the real term of the word, reciprocal tariffs based on what other
countries are doing? And also a key question as well as if there are going to be exemptions.
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Now, one big thing that is still a leading concern for so many economists, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill is, will prices be passed down to
United States consumers? It is still very early on to even predict that. We don't know what this announcement is going to be, and I think it will be
some time until consumers could actually see those price changes. But, of course, that is a leading concern.
Another concern, though, as well, is what is the President's end game here? This has been something that has been posed to this White House many times,
really, what is the long-term strategy? And we've heard different White House officials struggle to really articulate that. Yesterday, White House
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said essentially that you should trust the President because of the economy during his fourth term, kind of using that
as the justification. Zain, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Let's go to Matt Egan. And as we noted, Matt, the markets just waiting like everyone else for what these tariffs will look
like and who they will impact, but it's coming, as I know you speak to Wall Street CEOs and analysts really concerned about what this means for growth
forecasts going forward, a lot of uncertainty, and these CEOs are also speaking with White House aides, including the President. Talk about the
impact that this will all have on business and Wall Street.
MATT EGAN, CNN REPORTER: Well, Bianna, I mean, this does look like the biggest moment yet in a trade war that has already caused so much chaos, so
much confusion on Wall Street, but also across Corporate America and really business leaders around the world.
I do want to touch on something that a lineage brought up, which is that the President used tariffs aggressively during his first term, and yet, as
the White House has argued, inflation was not a major problem, and those things are true, except that tariffs were being used even more aggressively
this time around. Much, much broader swath of U.S. exports are being hit and targeted by tariffs. And of course, inflation is higher. People are
more sensitive to inflation. Interest rates are higher. So, it's really not an apples to apples comparison.
Now, about today's so-called Liberation Day announcement, the White House has said that these tariffs will be effective immediately. That's something
that has alarmed some economists and some investors, because it's not really clear how you could even make it effective immediately, and it would
mean businesses have almost no time to adjust. There is a range of proposals under consideration, including perhaps more limited tariffs on
some countries, and then this more extreme option of potentially an up to 20 percent universal tariff. Investors and economists have said to me that
that is really the worst-case scenario. That is the most extreme item on this tariff menu.
And just to give you some context there, the Budget Lab at Yale said that, look, if there is this 20 percent broad tariff on top of the already
existing tariffs that Trump has put into place, would you be looking at a U.S. tariff rate at almost 33 percent? That would be the highest since 1872
when the President United States was Ulysses S. Grant. And the Budget Lab warned that, look, you're going to see price increases in many different
areas that consumers would feel, including on clothes, food, electronics, and they say that these price increases would really eat into Americans'
disposable income, that the typical middle class family would lose about $3,800 in disposable income.
Now, as Alayna mentioned, there has been a number of different rationales that have been floated by the administration about the use of tariffs,
right, everything from trying to stop fentanyl and illegal immigration to raising revenue, trying to level the trading playing field and also trying
to restore and bring back manufacturing jobs. Of course, some of those strategies and goals are sort of in conflict, right? I mean, if you're
trying to use tariffs to get Mexico to do a better job at the border, well, that suggests the tariffs are not there for long-term purposes. But, if
you're trying to raise revenue, they'd have to be there for long term.
Take a listen to University of Michigan Economist Betsey Stevenson weighing in on these shifting rationales and the wisdom of using tariffs like this.
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BETSEY STEVENSON, FMR. CHIEF ECONOMIST, U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT: At the end of the day, the tariffs don't really make sense, making it so that things
are more expensive for American consumers, and then what is -- will happen, in all likelihood, is it'll be harder for American exporters to export
because of retaliatory tariffs. What we're looking at is a shrinking economy and higher prices.
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EGAN: The bottom line here, of course, is that the cost of living remains such a major frustration for a lot of Americans. It's one of the issues
that got President Trump elected in November, and economists are saying that not only will his tariffs fail to solve the cost of living problem,
they warn it could make the cost of living even worse.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Matt Egan, thank you so much.
Let's take a look at the global impact of these tariffs. We're joined by Financial Times Columnist Gillian Tett, who also serves as Provost at
King's College, Cambridge. Gillian, good to have you on, as we're waiting to hear what these tariffs will actually be from the President later today.
Just walk us through the worst-case scenario, and that would be potentially a 20 percent blanket tariff on every country. What would that look like,
and what are you hearing from other countries as to how they are preparing to respond?
GILLIAN TETT, COLUMNIST AND EDITORIAL BOARD, FINANCIAL TIMES: Well, the worst-case scenario is that we're sliding towards a full-blown trade war
and wave of protectionism and populism and patriotism, which is a nice word of nationalism. Of the thought that someone like John Maynard Keynes, who
is up on the wall behind me because he was at King's College in Cambridge, knew all about and warned about the perils and dangers of 100 years ago.
So, in some ways, we really are back in history repeating itself back to the future.
Here in the UK, the British government is hoping that they can duck and cover for a bit without engaging in massive retaliation, because they think
that after the initial trade tariff announcement, which, of course, will almost certainly apply to the UK as well, they will then be able to cut
some kind of trade deal with the U.S., which will give them some reprieve compared to Europe. And that's not an unreasonable thing to think, because
actually, trade between the UK and the U.S. is fairly balanced, and much of it revolved around service sector, which for the most part, Donald Trump
doesn't appear to care about or pay any attention to.
However, I can't stress strongly enough that analysis from the Bank of England shows that even if the UK itself is spared the worst of the
tariffs, and of course, we don't know what the plans are, but even if it is, the very fact you're going to have potential trade wars between Europe
and the U.S., and the fact that so much trade in the UK is tied into the Europe as well, will end up hurting the UK as well. So, the bottom line is
that trade wars are going to be very bad for almost everybody.
ASHER: Yeah. That's an important point, right? So, even if the U.S. the UK, rather, is shielded because they are able to cut a deal, and we do know
that Donald Trump is always open to negotiations, it's still going to come back to bite the UK one way or another. Just in terms of this idea of
making these tariffs effective immediately, just explain the complexity on that front.
TETT: Well, Donald Trump likes to make very dramatic statements. And of course, one of the reasons why business has been so caught on the back foot
this time around is because in the first administration, Trump 1.0, if you like, he would constantly make these very dramatic, bold statements, but
actually wouldn't carry through in reality, and that's what many people thought would happen going into Trump 2.0, the second administration. Of
course, what we've seen this time round is quite the reverse. There are a lot of very dramatic statements followed by very dramatic actions as well.
So, we should take Trump seriously when he says, President Trump, when he says that he is going to make them effective immediately. What that means
in practice is unclear. But, what is clear is that businesses will find it extremely hard to suddenly jump to try and embrace what this means in
practice, without a lot of upheaval, a lot of cost and a lot of uncertainty, because of course, no one knows whether they're going to be
unwound a few days later, and businesses hate uncertainty, and frankly, so do consumers.
To me, one of the most striking data points in the last couple of weeks has come out of America, where a survey showed from The Conference Board that
consumers now expect inflation above six percent. This was dramatic comparison to late last year, when they were looking at inflation of around
three percent. So, we have a President who came in promising to cut inflation and to basically make consumers' lives better, but you also have
consumers who are saying all of this uncertainty and fear is pushing up inflation expectations dramatically. Here in the UK, at the moment,
inflation expectations are still quite well contained, but as we are moving towards stagflation, that could easily end.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah, and the irony is not lost that Trump, one of the factors behind his victory, was campaigning on fighting against inflation.
What else is interesting, Gillian, is there are rumors and speculation about different alliances now, as other countries are trying to work
through how they're going to respond to these tariffs. China even putting out that they have been talking to South Korea and Japan about forming an
alliance of their own, the EU and Canada, perhaps as well. The United States responding strongly to even the notion of new alliances.
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But, you mentioned the EU, and Ursula von der Leyen said that they still have a lot of tools in their toolbox, and one that caught my eye is
potentially what's being dubbed the nuclear option, and that is just not retaliatory tariffs, but that's actually European tariffs that would be
imposed against the U.S. banking system and technology companies. How serious of a threat would that be to the United States?
TETT: Well, one of the key questions everyone should be watching is that what started with tariffs on goods, and President Trump tends to focus on
goods because they're photogenic. You can have videos of him stand on television, shots of him standing in front of factories and talking about
workers very easily. He doesn't look so much at service sector. But, the key question is whether we go from a world of tariffs on goods to tariffs
on services, and that revolves around issues like digital services. The UK is likely, and any kind of trade deal with the U.S., to drop its digital
tax with big digital companies from the U.S. in exchange for cutting some kind of trade deal.
But, conversely, Europe could equally well try and raise digital taxes, clamp down on Big Tech companies, etc., etc., or go into the realm of money
and financial services. And the money issue is in some ways the most explosive of all, because insofar as America has hegemonic power around the
world, that's the posh economic word for being the biggest bully in the room, insofar as America has hegemonic power, it's actually not through
manufacturing primarily, China has more hegemonic power over that because of its control over key areas of the supply chain. America's hegemonic
power comes primarily from its dominance of the financial system via having the reserve currency and the fact that dollar-based finance is fundamental.
Now, American officials are assuming that its control of dollar-based finance give it enormous leverage to basically bully the rest of the world.
However, if the EU was going to start to say, actually, we might take measures against European -- American banks or dollar-based finance, you
may start to see the beginning of people saying, actually, you know what, we're actually not so keen on dollar-based finance. We're going to break
away and do our own thing. I think we're a long way from that at the moment, but the reality is that we're on a potentially very slippery path.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah. The fact that we're even talking about this is something that would have been unheard of months ago and yet here we are --
TETT: I'd say, it's back to the future.
GOLODRYGA: It is indeed.
TETT: That's the condition 200 years ago with John Maynard Keynes.
GOLODRYGA: Behind you.
ASHER: We'll know for sure what's going to be announced in about four and a half hours. Am I doing math correctly? Yeah, four and a half hours from
now.
Gillian Tett live for us. Thank you so much.
GOLODRYGA: Thank you.
ASHER: All right. Ahead on One World, Israel says it plans to seize large areas of land in Gaza. What that means for the shattered territory.
GOLODRYGA: Plus, we're hearing the White House is expecting a visit from this man that will mark the first time a top Russian official has visited
the U.S. since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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ASHER: Israel says it's expanding its military operation in Gaza. It aims to seize large areas of land that would be, quote, "incorporated" into
Israel's security zones.
GOLODRYGA: The Israeli Defense Minister says that this would also involve what he calls a large-scale evacuation of Gaza's population from combat
zones. The Hostage families Forum says that it is horrified by this news.
ASHER: CNN's Jeremy Diamond is in Jerusalem for us. So, just in terms of this reporting that Israel is planning to seize large areas of land in
Gaza, incorporating it into Israel's security zones, just walk us through what more we know at this point.
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, we know that over the last couple of weeks, the Israeli military has been steadily expanding its
ground operations in Gaza, combined with powerful and very deadly airstrikes that have rocked every single part of the Gaza Strip, pretty
much from north to south. And this morning, the Israeli Defense Minister announcing the latest expansion of those ground operations, saying that the
Israeli military is not only expanding those efforts, but also moving to seize, quote, "large areas of land" that would be, quote, "incorporated"
into Israel's security zones.
We know, of course, that the Israeli military has established a security zone along the border with -- between Gaza and Israel within Gazan
territory. That has also involved the wide-scale bulldozing and demolition of buildings in that zone. It's not exactly clear if that would apply to
the entirety of the area that the Israeli military is now moving in now, but he did certainly talk about, quote, "seizing large areas" that will be
incorporated into that security zone, and talking about crushing and clearing the area of terrorists and terror infrastructure.
We know that ahead of this announcement today by the Israeli Defense Minister, the Israeli military issued widespread evacuation orders for the
southern part of Gaza, basically encompassing large areas of Rafah in particular, as well as parts of Khan Younis. We have yet to actually get
details from the Israeli military on the scope and scale of this ground offensive, whether they have pushed into that entire area where they issued
that evacuation zone. But, that certainly does seem to be the objective here.
As we have been hearing in recent days, the Israeli military is effectively trying to squeeze Gaza's population into a smaller area in the central part
of the Gaza Strip, moving in from the south and also pushing in from the north as well, as they seem to believe that that will be an effective
strategy for pressuring Hamas and for limiting the amount of territory that Hamas can control and also squeezing Gaza civilian population into a
smaller strip of land as well.
Now, as this military offensive is expanding, we've also seen very deadly airstrikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, and today, more than 60 people
have been killed at this point, according to Palestinian health officials. We have seen airstrikes in the northern and in the southern part of Gaza.
In one incident, a woman said that she lost 10 members of her family who were killed in an airstrike on the home in which they were staying.
GOLODRYGA: And Jeremy, I know you have some new reporting on an Israeli military official admitting the troops were buried and Gaza aid workers in
mass graves -- that they buried Gaza aid workers in mass graves. What more can you tell us?
DIAMOND: That's right. Well, we learned earlier this week that they were the bodies of 15 medical and humanitarian workers who had been killed by
the Israeli military on March 23rd. It took several days before the United Nations and the Palestine Red Crescent Society were able to reach those
bodies. Those bodies were finally exhumed on Sunday, and we have since uncovered evidence that these bodies were indeed buried by the Israeli
military. And when presented with some of that evidence, the Israeli -- an Israeli military official did indeed confirm to me that the military buried
these bodies beneath sand in this area near Rafah. They claim that they did so because they knew it would take time for the Palestine Red Crescent
Society to be able to reach them, for the Israeli military to coordinate their arrival to that site.
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But, of course, we also know that beyond the bodies themselves, there were also some of these vehicles that were buried, and that has led some to
question whether this was a cover-up of the killing of these medical aid workers. Now, the Israeli military has conceded that they did indeed carry
out this strike. They also now indicate that they indeed buried these bodies, but they still have insisted that they were targeting Hamas and
Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants who were using these ambulances as cover. They have not provided any evidence to back up those claims so far,
and the one name of a Hamas terrorist who they say was killed in this attack does not match the list of names that we have for any of the
individuals whose bodies were recovered from this site. Zain, Bianna.
ASHER: All right. Jeremy Diamond live for us there. Thank you so much.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Ukraine's second biggest city is trying to recover today, as officials say Russia attacked Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine two
nights in a row earlier this week. Emergency crews tell Reuters they battled a large fire which spanned nearly 4,000 square meters after the
drone assault.
ASHER: Yeah. The attack comes a week after a U.S.-brokered partial pause on certain attacks. Both sides have accused the other of breaking the partial
truce. For the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine back in 2022, a senior Kremlin official is expected to visit Washington.
Two sources are telling CNN that Kirill Dmitriev is expected to meet with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff today.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah. Today's expected meeting comes just days after President Trump said that he was very angry with Vladimir Putin.
Let's go live to Washington and CNN's Alex Marquardt. Alex, talk to us about the significance of this visit.
ALEX MARQUARDT, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's really surprising the fact that they would invite this sanctioned senior
level Kremlin official, as you noted, the first top Russian official to come to Washington since this war began. I think there is an emphasis on
this relationship between Dmitriev and the Trump envoy Steve Witkoff. The two men appear to be very much on the same page in terms of advancing the
relationship, particularly when they look past Ukraine to the potential for economic and financial relationships between the U.S. and Russia.
We are told that the Treasury Department actually had to lift the sanctions temporarily against Dmitriev in order for him to get a State Department
visa to come here to Washington. He is expected to meet with Witkoff today. Witkoff, of course, has gone to Moscow twice to meet with Vladimir Putin,
and this comes at a very interesting and critical moment in the talks about a ceasefire and then peace negotiations with -- between Russia and Ukraine.
We have heard frustration, growing frustration, from the Trump administration, from Trump himself. Trump saying that Russia may be
dragging its feet on these discussions. Trump himself saying that he was pissed off, in his words, at Putin, following their call last week in which
Putin criticized the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. I've been told that President Trump has wondered aloud whether he can trust Vladimir
Putin, which, of course, many, many people would be telling Trump that he cannot.
Now, Kirill Dmitriev is not just a close advisor to the Russian President. He is the head of the sovereign wealth fund. He was actually sanctioned
back in 2022 because of the Russian invasion. That, of course, was by the Biden administration. They called Dmitriev a close Putin ally, and they
wrote this that "Putin and his inner circle of cronies have long relied on the sovereign wealth fund and Dmitriev to raise funds abroad, including in
the United States."
So, Dmitriev is going to be coming here to try to smooth things over, to convince Witkoff that they are indeed interested in getting to a ceasefire
and a peace deal. But, Zain and Bianna, as you know, there are real questions here about how earnestly Putin is going through with this,
whether he actually wants a peace deal, or whether he is playing for time to try to take more of Ukraine and further weaken Ukraine.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Alex Marquardt for us. Thank you so much.
ASHER: All right. As soon as U.S. markets close, President Trump is going to imposing new tariffs on America's trading partners. What Mexico and
Canada are saying about the aggressive new plan? Just ahead.
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ASHER: All right. Welcome back to One World. I am Zain Asher.
GOLODRYGA: And I'm Bianna Golodryga.
Here are some international headlines we're watching today.
ASHER: The ruling military in Myanmar has announced a temporary ceasefire in its operations against armed opponents. That's according to state media.
The ceasefire is in effect until April 22nd to let the country recover from last week's 7.7 magnitude quake. At least 2,700 people were killed,
thousands more injured.
GOLODRYGA: China's military has launched live fire strikes in East China Sea. Now, this is the second day of exercises around Taiwan. The exercises
have been codenamed "Strait Thunder" and are testing the troops' ability of joint blockade and precision strikes. Taiwan's defense ministry denounced
the drills.
ASHER: All right. We want you to take a look at this aerial view of a volcano after erupted south of Iceland's capital on Tuesday. The fiery
display of orange and red, along with the spewing lava and smoke, triggered quite a few evacuations. Since 2021, Iceland has seen 11 eruptions south of
Reykjavik.
GOLODRYGA: Today, U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans for new reciprocal tariffs against all of America's trading partners. While
details are sketchy, Trump did say that he could give some countries breaks and that sectorial tariffs could be coming later. The White House says the
tariffs will be effective immediately.
ASHER: Countries around the world are ready, promising to hit back on Trump's tariffs.
Valeria Leon is in Mexico. We've got Paula Newton in Canada for us. Valeria, let's start with you, because we don't actually know technically
what's going to be announced today. However, what we do know is that 80 percent of Mexico's exports go to the United States. So, we're talking
about a really high degree of dependency, and that could have catastrophic impacts on Mexico's economy. Just talk us through what is at stake for
Mexico at this point.
VALERIA LEON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sure, Bianna. So, Mexico has adopted this wait-and-see strategy in response to Trump's tariffs. Mexican President
Claudia Sheinbaum has chosen to use pragmatism and patience over the aggressive imposition of reciprocal tariffs on U.S. products. It will be
tomorrow when Mexico presents its response plan to Trump's tariffs, and what we know at this point is that it might include some reciprocal duties
on U.S. imports. But, according to authorities, the plan will mainly be focused on stimulating national production to try to reduce dependence on
U.S. exports, which currently, as you said, stand at about 80 percent of all Mexican goods sent abroad.
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This economic strategy, known as "Plan Mexico", is aimed at shoring up the nation's economy to counter U.S. pressure. But, President Sheinbaum has
said she doesn't believe in an eye for an eye, because that always leads to a bad situation. Let's take a listen.
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CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM, MEXICAN PRESIDENT (Interpreted): We do not believe in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, because that always leads to a bad
situation. Of course, measures are taken because measures are taken on the other side, but the dialog must continue. It's not about tit for tat, but
about what is best for Mexico and how to face the situation.
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LEON: Mexican authorities are currently lobbying for special treatment from the U.S. government when it comes to tariffs. This has spurred a new round
of negotiations to try to stem the impact of tariffs, with Mexico's Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard having been sent to Washington to prevent massive
layoffs in the car industry. Mexican authorities have warned that if unemployment rises in the country, this might generate more migration to
the U.S., something that the Trump administration has been battling to stop, and Mexico has done everything the Trump administration has asked
regarding border security, including a historic extradition of 29 alleged drug kingpins long wanted in the U.S., which Mexico expects at least some
tariff concessions, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: As well as sending thousands of more Mexican troops to the southern border there between the two countries. We know that Donald Trump
has, over the last few weeks, lavished praise for President Sheinbaum, but what's unknown is whether or not they will be spared some of the harshest
forms of these tariffs.
Paula Newton, the same goes for Canada, different tactics, though, different relationships that have come front and center in tensions really
exposed between Canada and the United States. We know that Prime Minister Carney spoke with President Trump last week, both sides saying that they
were constructive and productive conversations without much more detail. How is Canada preparing for the news later today?
PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: well, a key distinction here is that Canada is in the middle of an election campaign, April 28th. So, Mark
Carney, the current Prime Minister, he doesn't know if he is going to be Prime Minister at the end of April. If he is, he says, look, what he is
getting ready for is a comprehensive renegotiation of a trade deal that is already on the books, that Donald Trump has already negotiated, but they're
going to go back at it again.
Having said that, Canada right now is preparing for the worst. I've spoken to industry and government sources at the highest levels. They still have
no indication of exactly what tariffs will look like for Canada. Having said that, Canada already preparing another round of retaliatory tariffs.
What they are trying to do is not really match it dollar for dollar, but really try and certainly punish certain industries in the United States,
was that, again, not punishing Canadian consumers. It is a tall order considering that the U.S. economy, really -- Canadians really do rely on
it, and you can really feel the anger, the nervousness, the anxiety about what is supposed to come here.
We're in Brantford, Ontario. It is about an hour, a little bit more than an hour, from both Toronto and Buffalo. It is a free trade corridor, and they
are getting ready. They're going to be one of the top five cities impacted. They're getting ready for impact here. But, they are also meeting this with
the resolve of their own. I mean, I have to tell the two of you, we've been here for a few days. We've been in restaurants, all American products, and
so many of the restaurants have been taken off the table, even to the point where we didn't have a Caesar salad one night because they could not get
romaine from Canada or Mexico or anyone else, and they refused to serve American romaine. That is the depth of the anger here and the resolve to
really fight back against these tariffs.
But, make no mistake, Canadians are prepared for what could be mass layoffs, and analysts actually predict perhaps also a recession.
ASHER: Yeah. I mean, listen, we'll see what happens and what's announced this afternoon, but we do know that President Trump is always open to some
kind of negotiation. So, we'll see if there will be a deal after these tariffs get announced later on.
GOLODRYGA: Can't get a Caesar salad. I mean, that tells you --
ASHER: That's quite a story.
GOLODRYGA: -- the impact --
ASHER: That is quite a story for us.
GOLODRYGA: -- of this. Yeah.
NEWTON: You guys wouldn't believe it. You wouldn't believe what's been taken off the menu here. You honestly wouldn't believe, as I said, the fact
that Americans do not really understand how much Canadians across the country have really leaned in here and decided that, look, you want to
fight. Canadians are telling me, you'll get a fight.
ASHER: Yeah. They're rolling up their sleeves.
GOLODRYGA: Elbows up. Yes.
ASHER: Paula Newton, Valeria Leon, thank you both so much.
All right. A New York judge has tossed out the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Donald Trump's Justice Department had asked
for the charges to be dropped, saying the case hindered Adams' ability to help the administration carry out deportations in New York.
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Seven federal prosecutors resigned over that decision.
GOLODRYGA: The DoJ had asked to be allowed to refile charges in the future, but the judge did not give them that option either. He said that it would
create the unavoidable perception that the mayor's freedom depends on his ability to carry out the immigration enforcement priorities of the
administration.
And as CNN's Kara Scannell is following the story, can't imagine a bigger victory for Eric Adams here. The judge also denying the DoJ's request to
reopen potential charges as well. Just talk about the impact here and what we're hearing from both camps.
KARA SCANNELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, Bianna and Zain. I mean, this is a huge victory for New York City Mayor Eric Adams. He now has these serious
corruption charges washed away, as he is looking forward to a reelection campaign for the mayor position, although it will be with stiff
competition.
I mean, what this decision does, over 78 pages, though, the judge is criticizing the Department of Justice's reasoning for moving to dismiss
this case and dropping these charges. The judge says while his power is limited, he can't force the prosecution to move forward, but he does focus
on their arguments. DoJ had said that the prosecution, the decision to bring these charges, was politically motivated by the Biden prosecutors,
the Biden Justice Department, and also that the decision to continue with the charges was interfering with Adams' ability to carry out Trump's
immigration agenda. The judge writing that everything here smacks of a bargain, dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy
concessions. He said that suggestion is fundamentally incompatible with the basic promise of equal justice under the law.
So, while the judge is saying he really doesn't have much authority here, he is not going to give DoJ this ability to bring the case back in the
future, and he said that what his role here really can be, since it's limited, is providing transparency to the public by having DoJ lay out its
opinions here, the judge issuing his opinion, and letting the public decide, he said, using the Democratic process to see if they agree with
this.
Now, Adams' lawyers have said that this case never should have been brought, that he is innocent and that this is justice for him. The Justice
Department, through a spokesman, says this case was an example of political weaponization and a waste of resources. We are focused on arresting and
prosecuting terrorists while returning the Department of Justice to its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
So, DoJ certainly not taking much from the judge's opinion here, but they have shifted the department's priorities, downplaying prosecutions and
public corruption in white collar crime and moving the prosecution focus to transnational issues including drugs and immigration. Guys.
GOLODRYGA: A complete reversal of fortune for New York City's mayor.
Kara Scannell, thank you so much.
And still to come for us, we speak with a Republican Congressman on what he thinks about President Trump's sweeping new tariff plan.
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ASHER: Just hours from now, U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his aggressive new tariff plan.
GOLODRYGA: Now, the so-called Liberation Day is set to slap new reciprocal tariffs against all of America's trading partners. Trump says his tariff
plan will bring jobs and money back to America, whereas a lot of economists warn higher tariffs are likely to boost consumer woes.
ASHER: Yeah. Let's bring in West Virginia Republican Congressman Riley Moore, who is standing by for us in Washington. He also sits on the House
Appropriations Committee. Congressman, thank you so much for being with us. Obviously, we are going to find out what exactly this announcement entails
in about four hours from now.
But, when you think about one of the main reasons why President Trump was elected in the first place, he talked about the fact that they were rising
prices during the campaign and that he was going to bring them down for ordinary Americans. When we speak to economists about the ramifications on
the U.S. economy of these tariffs, across the board, all of them, almost all of them say that the consequences will be catastrophic for American
consumers because of rising prices, and also really devastating for American exporters because of the reciprocal tariffs that will be put in
place as a result. What do you say to that?
REP. RILEY MOORE (R-WV): Thank you so much for having me on. And what I say to that is, I totally disagree. And one of the things you got to remember,
keep in mind here that in our country, here in the United States, we've had wage stagnation for years, decades, right? And as we start to reshore these
jobs and bring them back to the United States and boost American production here, we're going to see people's wages go up.
And it doesn't make any sense where we're arguing over the cost of maybe perhaps a can going up by a nickel or something like that, as opposed to
doubling people's salaries and giving them more buying power actually here in the U.S. marketplace. I mean, that makes a lot of sense too, is that we
do have to do reciprocal tariffs, because we have to even the playing field. We currently have a trade deficit with every country on the face of
the planet, and we need to reach balance. Our producers here need to have access the same way that people have access to us. That's what needs to
take place here, and that's why I'm such a big supporter, particularly on the reciprocal tariffs.
GOLODRYGA: Well, in terms of reciprocal tariffs, a report from the Ohio River Valley Institute, which I'm sure you've seen, talks about the impact
that they could have, specifically from China, on your home state of West Virginia. Now, according to the report, West Virginia exports a uniquely
large volume of coal to China, and that China chooses to respond with tariffs on goods from West Virginia, quote, "The state's coal industry
could see severe negative impacts." We know how important the coal industry is for your constituents. You support these tariffs. What do you say to
those who are worried about their jobs and livelihoods as a result?
MOORE: Well, what I'd say is take a closer look at it. We actually contract a lot our coal with India and Indonesia right now. China has been looking
for other sources of coal. Obviously, they want West Virginia coal, because we have the cleanest, best coal on the face of the planet, as it relates to
electrical generation. But, we're happy to have great allies that we work with out there, such as India. 75 percent of their electricity right now
coming from coal, and a lot of that coming from West Virginia.
So, look, this is consumer free choice out there in the marketplace. China has been taking advantage of the United States for a very long time, and
we're not certainly going to barter our future over lower consumer prices made with slave labor in China. So, we're going to continue to ramp up
tariffs. And don't forget the non-tariff trade barriers that play into this as well. So, those are non-tariffs that are barriers to trade that are out
there that make it so difficult for our consumers, or pardon me, our producers here in the United States to have access to those markets, and
that's part of what this is about as well.
ASHER: Congressman, what do you think the President's end game is here? Do you anticipate that when he announced these tariffs, that these tariffs are
going to be here to stay, or these tariffs will be a temporary measure until he can actually negotiate deals with various trading partners around
the world?
MOORE: Well, I think it's both. I think it's both, what you touched on. One, right, we -- with reciprocal tariffs, I think what you're going to get
at the end of the day is actually more free trade, right, as those barriers start to lower, and we see tariffs come down because we've reciprocated the
current tariffs that happen to exist out there in the world. It's going to create more free trade, but more fair trade for the United States. So, I
think that's going to be part of the negotiating position here of President Trump.
But, secondarily to that, look, we have the greatest consumer market on the face of the planet here in the United States, and yes, they should be
paying to have entrance into this marketplace, and I think it's going to be a great revenue generator for us here in the United States, as we look to
find other sources of revenue and cut taxes here in Congress and continue the Trump tax cuts which were passed under his first term.
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GOLODRYGA: Another concern, as you know from these tariffs, is the impact that it's going to have on U.S. farmers. Now, the White House said that
they would not be providing farmers with subsidies this time around, and the head of the West Virginia Farmers Market Association said the tariffs
would increase the cost on food, fertilizer and feed and equipment as well as fuel. Your state has suffered a drought last year. That's still
impacting the agriculture sector in your state. That's not a concern for you?
MOORE: Well, I've not heard of that organization. But, I can tell you, as a member of the West Virginia Farmers Bureau, which I am a member of, no,
I've not heard those concerns. That other organization, I'm not familiar with. But, in terms of the Farmers Bureau here in West Virginia, no, I've
not heard those concerns at all.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah. It's the West Virginia Farmers Market Association, in case you want to follow up with them.
MOORE: OK. Well, I don't think they actually grow food. I don't know that or not, but I do know the farmers in my community that live around me, I've
not heard those concerns.
ASHER: All right. Congressman Riley Moore, thank you for your time.
GOLODRYGA: Thank you.
MOORE: Thank you. Appreciate it.
GOLODRYGA: OK.
ASHER: All right. Still to come, celebrities are paying tribute to actor Val Kilmer, who passed away at the age of 65. We'll take a look back at his
life and his career.
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GOLODRYGA: Some sad news to bring you. Actor Val Kilmer, best known for his roles in Top Gun, The Doors, and Batman Forever, died Tuesday at the age of
65.
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GOLODRYGA: In a statement, Kilmer's daughter says that he died of pneumonia.
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ASHER: In 2014, Kilmer was actually diagnosed with throat cancer. He later recovered but tracheostomy surgery altered his voice. Kilmer studied acting
in Hollywood before heading to New York, where, at 21, he became the youngest student at the time to be accepted into Juilliard School's drama
department. Kilmer is survived by his two adult children, Jack and Mercedes. And celebrities are paying tribute to Val Kilmer on social media.
Actor Josh Brolin wrote, "See you, pal. I'm going to miss you. You were a smart, challenging, brave, Uber creative firecracker. There is not a lot of
those left."
GOLODRYGA: Yeah. And actor and filmmaker Matthew Modine posted, "RIP Val Kilmer. If it wasn't for our chance encounter at the Source in 1985, I may
never have been cast in FULL METAL JACKET". And filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola wrote that "He was a wonderful person to work with and a joy to
know. I will always remember him." I love his performance in Tombstone" as well. Indeed, a talented actor.
Well, stay with us. We'll have more One World after the break.
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