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CNN 5 Things

Trump eyes third term, aid workers’ bodies found, French politics shock & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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We’ll look at what auto tariffs could mean for US jobs and whether people should rush to buy a car. President Donald Trump isn’t ruling out trying to run for a third term. A UN agency says the bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in Gaza. One of the favorites for the next French presidential election has been banned from running for office. Plus, a cryptocurrency billionaire is funding a space mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Monday, March 31st.

0:38.1

As another round of US tariffs is expected to come into effect this week,

0:43.0

countries around the world are bracing for impact and looking at retaliation.

0:48.1

President Donald Trump said he'll be imposing tit-for-tat duties on nations with levies on

0:53.1

US goods on April 2nd, as well as 25% on all

0:57.8

foreign cars and car parts. But he's also hinted that some of this might be negotiable.

1:03.4

So will this mean more American jobs for the auto industry? And is now a good time to go out

1:08.3

and buy a new car before they hit. We asked CNN's Vanessa Yakevich.

1:13.0

Well, Joe, if plants shut down in Canada and Mexico, American parts suppliers, which

1:17.5

employ 550,000 workers nearly twice as many as auto assembly plants, could be impacted.

1:24.0

And there could be between 10 to 20 percent fewer cars produced across North America due to these tariffs.

1:30.8

And there's, of course, retaliatory tariffs, which could make cars more expensive to foreign buyers.

1:36.5

U.S. assembly plants exported nearly 15% of the 10.2 million vehicles that were made last year.

1:44.0

Consumers are likely to also have a narrow window to buy new or used vehicles. the 10.2 million vehicles that were made last year.

1:44.5

Consumers are likely to also have a narrow window to buy new or used vehicles before the

1:49.6

prices increase.

1:51.1

And there are only about 27 vehicles available with prices below $30,000, making up 13% of

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