# Wall Street Week: AI Hits Wages, USMCA Under Pressure, Colorado River Crisis

https://mins.news/en/video/28925

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-21 23:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3oQkfi4FQA

> Former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano discusses why companies may benefit from preparing a “Plan B” for AI implementation. Early data suggest AI is slowing wage growth in exposed occupations even as it has not yet produced mass layoffs. Canada may have avoided Trump’s latest tariffs, but the deal could damage USMCA, North American manufacturing and trust between the two allies. The program also asks who will pay when the Colorado River can no longer meet Western demand.

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