Canadians are voting in an election dominated by the global trade war

加拿大人在一场受全球贸易战主导的大选中投票

Business Matters

商务

2025-04-29

49 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

Canadians are voting in a general election which has been dominated by Donald Trump's trade war and threats to annex the country. The leaders of the two main parties rejected a renewed assertion by Mr Trump on election day that Canada should become the fifty-first US state. Devina Gupta hears from the BBC’s economics editor Faisal Islam, who is in Ottawa, and Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses. And the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has urged people not to speculate over the cause of a massive power cut that's affected millions of people across Spain and Portugal. Also, the Chinese online retailer Temu, known for its cheap products, adds ‘import charges’ of about 145% in response to President Trump’s tariffs on China. Throughout the programme, we’ll be joined by two guests on opposite sides of the world – Jessica Khine, a business development consultant based in Malaysia but now joining us from London, and Sergio Guzmán, director of the Colombia Risk Analysis company.
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • Hello and welcome to Business Matters.

  • Namaste.

  • I'm Davina Gupta, joining you from India's capital city, Delhi.

  • And on the show, from Canada's election where the future of trade with the US is on the line,

  • to a massive power outage throwing Europe into chaos.

  • We are talking about it all, plus the Trump administration is marking 100 days in office this week.

  • And with trade wars, spending cuts and big policy shifts, the impact is being felt everywhere.

  • We'll talk to a food kitchen in West Virginia about how these cuts are hitting those who need help the most.

  • I don't sleep at night worrying.

  • I am frantically searching for other funding sources every day.

  • We'll hear more on that story in just a short while.

  • But also with tensions rising globally,

  • we'll dive into the surge in military spending around the world.

  • What does it mean for the markets where it's all headed?

  • You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us voice note at plus44-330-678.

  • We'd love to hear from you about all these stories, what your thoughts are.

  • You can also email us at Meanwhile, let's get the show on the road.

  • It's a multi-continental show because my team is in the UK.

  • It's Gideon, Ahmed and Jack who are there with us.

  • And we are also extending a very warm welcome to our guests.