奥巴马嘲讽特朗普发动贸易战 对象竟是“给我们带来枫糖浆的人”5小时前｜时长 1:30前美国总统奥巴马周六在俄亥俄州为民主党候选人举行的竞选集会上发表长篇演讲，期间抽出时间点名批评特朗普总统对加拿大征收的关税。“他们是我们……北方友好的邻居，而他却……跟他们挑起争端？”
Obama mocks Trump over trade war with 'the people who gave us maple syrup' 5 hours ago|Duration 1:30Former U.S. president Barack Obama, who delivered a lengthy speech Saturday at a campaign event for Democratic candidates in Ohio, took a moment to call out President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada. 'They're like our ... friendly neighbours to the north and he's ... picking a fight with them?
前美国总统奥巴马周六猛烈抨击特朗普政府的关税体制，并嘲讽与老盟友加拿大打贸易战的荒谬性。
Former U.S. president Barack Obama slammed the Trump administration's tariff regime on Saturday, and mocked the absurdity of engaging in a trade war with longtime ally Canada.
“他在发动的这场大规模贸易战，对手是那个臭名昭著的‘邪恶帝国’：加拿大，”奥巴马在俄亥俄州克利夫兰为民主党候选人举行的集会上说道。
"The big trade war he's starting now is with that well-known evil empire: Canada," Obama said at a Cleveland rally for Democratic candidates in Ohio.
“这些人给了我们枫糖浆和马丁·肖特……他们是最友善的人，”他开玩笑说。“他们是我们北方友好的邻居，而他却跟他们挑起争端？”
"These are the people who gave us maple syrup and Martin Short.… They're the nicest people," he joked. "They're our friendly neighbours to the north, and he's picking a fight with them?"
奥巴马一直在为民主党助选，迎接美国中期选举，他还更广泛地批评了特朗普的关税政策，称其产生了预期中的负面影响，由美国消费者承担不断上涨的成本。
Obama, who has been stumping for Democrats ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, also criticized Donald Trump's tariffs policy more generally, saying they have had the expected negative effect on U.S. consumers who bear the brunt of the rising costs.
这些不断上涨的成本损害了共和党在中期选举中的前景，尤其是在边境州，这导致特朗普于周五宣布，计划取消对部分加拿大产品的关税。特朗普拟在美中期选举前取消对加部分产品关税10月23日｜时长 2:41在美国中期选举前夕，特朗普政府取消了对部分加拿大产品的50%关税，却对其他产品加征关税。总统还暗示贸易协议可能即将达成，但总理马克·卡尼态度更为谨慎。
Those rising costs have hampered Republican chances in the midterms, especially in border states, leading Trump to announce on Friday that he plans to lift tariffs on some Canadian products . Trump to lift some tariffs on Canada before U.S. midterms October 23|Duration 2:41Ahead of the U.S. midterms, the Trump Administration is lifting 50 per cent tariffs on some Canadian products but adding them to others. The President also suggested a trade deal may be close, but Prime Minister Mark Carney was more cautious.
加美贸易部长勒布朗在CBC节目《权力与政治》中表示，渥太华不指望在11月3日投票前达成协议。
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on CBC's Power & Politics that Ottawa isn't expecting a deal before before the Nov. 3 vote.
美国和加拿大自去年特朗普首次发起关税攻势以来，一直在进行报复性加征关税——表面上是为了打击所谓的芬太尼走私和贸易失衡——贸易谈判于8月破裂。特朗普再次猛烈抨击加拿大特朗普在竞选集会演讲中惯于拿加拿大当“出气筒”。
The U.S. and Canada have been engaging in retaliatory tariffs since Trump first launched his levy campaign last year — ostensibly to combat alleged fentanyl trafficking and trade imbalances — and trade talks broke down in August. Trump repeated lashes at Canada Trump has routinely used Canada as a punching bag in his campaign rally speeches.
“在某个时候，我们将达成一项令人惊叹的协议，”特朗普10月17日在肯塔基州海兰海茨的一次集会上说。“但多年来我们损失了数十亿美元，他们却觉得如此理直气壮。”
"At some point, we're making a deal that's gonna be amazing," Trump said during a stop in Highland Heights, Ky., on Oct. 17. "But for years we've lost billions and billions of dollars, and they just felt so emboldened."
当他称前总理贾斯汀·特鲁多为“失败者”，继而炮轰其继任者马克·卡尼时，现场响起欢呼声。
He was cheered when he called former prime minister Justin Trudeau a "loser" before taking aim at his successor, Mark Carney.
“你们现在的这位不错……他是个好人，但在贸易问题上可不‘好’，”他说。“他们正在学习，也在受苦。”
"Your current guy's good … he's a nice guy, but he's not nice when it comes to trade," he said. "They're learning and they're suffering."