曾在特朗普第一任期内帮助谈判《美墨加协定》的前加拿大贸易部长接受Semafor采访时表示，在特朗普第二任期内，欧洲在关税问题上向特朗普政府屈服，犯下了“历史性”的错误。
Europe made a “historic” blunder by caving to the Trump administration on tariffs during Trump’s second term, the former Canadian trade minister who helped negotiate the US-Mexico-Canada deal during the first Trump administration told Semafor.
克里斯蒂娅·弗里兰表示：“西方联盟的一个真实问题是，英国和欧盟决定在关税问题上向特朗普的霸凌妥协。人们曾以为绥靖政策会为我们所有人赢得喘息之机。”在单方面关税实施后，欧盟和英国分别与特朗普政府进行了谈判，欧盟同意了一项于今年生效的协议。与此同时，美国与加拿大的贸易关系已经破裂，渥太华在面临美国施压后宣布了反制关税。
“A real problem for the Western alliance has been the decision by the UK and by the EU to give in to the Trump bullying on tariffs,” Chrystia Freeland said. “People thought appeasement would win a reprieve for us all.”The EU and UK have each negotiated with the administration following the imposition of unilateral tariffs, and the former agreed to a pact that went into effect this year. US trade relations with Canada, meanwhile, have broken down, and Ottawa has announced counter-tariffs following US pressure.
推出新书的弗里兰表示，美国和加拿大恢复建设性关系是“可能的”，尽管这很困难。不过，这或许得等到特朗普卸任之后。
Freeland, who is out with a new book, said it’s “possible” albeit difficult for the US and Canada to return to a constructive relationship. That might need to wait until Trump is out of office, though.
她表示：“必须有一个明显的决裂，因为问题在于：你怎么能和一个已经撕毁与你达成的协议的人做交易呢？”
“There would have to be a clear break because the problem is: How do you do a deal with someone who already broke the deal that you did with them?” she said.