How Canada is Responding to Trump’s New Tariffs

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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4.3 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Today on the show, Fareed speaks with former Canadian Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland about Canada’s response to President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs. Next, Peter Beinart joins the show to discuss his new book, “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza,” and his transformation from a fierce defender of Israel to a staunch critic. Then, tech entrepreneur and author of the new book “Superagency” Reid Hoffman talks with Fareed about the impact of China’s new AI model from DeepSeek, and why he’s optimistic about the future of AI. Finally, Fareed spoke with Chinese economist and professor Keyu Jin in Davos about how China has been preparing for the new Trump Administration’s tariffs. She believes that Beijing will prove to be more economically resilient than people realize. GUESTS: Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland), Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart), Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman), Keyu Jin (@KeyuJin) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.1	This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:52.4	I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you live from New York.
0:55.7	Today on the program, President Trump announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China.
1:03.5	Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau retaliated with 25% tariffs on many American goods.
1:10.1	I'll talk to Christia Freeland, Canada's former finance minister,
1:13.9	who is a frontrunner to replace Trudeau as PM.
1:18.3	Then, what does it mean to be a Jew today
1:22.1	after October 7, after the war in Gaza?
1:25.9	Peter Beynard offers his perspective in a new book and here on GPS.
1:31.3	Also, artificial intelligence was atop the headlines again this week
1:36.3	as a Chinese company announced a stunning development.
1:39.3	I'll talk to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman about the news
1:43.3	and about how AI can actually improve all our lives.
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