英国和加拿大终止了合并两国国防融资银行的谈判，原因是双方未能就联合机构的选址和未来成员资格条款达成一致。
The UK and Canada scrapped talks to merge their two defense financing banks after failing to agree on a location for a joint institution and terms of future membership.
据知情人士透露，英国财政大臣约翰·希利决定推进设立总部位于欧洲的独立“多边国防机制”。由于加拿大在关键问题上拒绝让步，英国决定退出谈判。
John Healey, UK chancellor of the exchequer, has decided to press ahead with an independent Multilateral Defence Mechanism headquartered in Europe. The UK made the decision to pull out of the talks when Canada wouldn’t budge on key issues, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
北约成员国一直在寻找财政效率高的机制，以将国防开支从现有的国内生产总值（GDP）2%目标提高到2035年的3.5%。合并计划是旨在提高资金使用效益、增强北约军事能力的一个构想。
Members of the NATO alliance have been looking for financially efficient mechanisms to raise defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product by 2035 from the existing target of 2%. The merger initiative was one idea to spur value-for-money while boosting military capabilities within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
英国和加拿大在周日发表的联合声明中说：“我们已同意制定一个符合两个机构利益的合作框架，双方一致认为，最好建立两个独立但互补的机构。这两个机构将被设计为紧密合作的伙伴关系。”
“We have agreed to develop a framework of cooperation that works in the interest of both institutions, having mutually concluded that it is best to develop two distinct but complementary institutions,” the UK and Canada said in a joint statement Sunday. “The two institutions will be designed to work in close partnership.”
多边国防机制（MDM）是一个采购计划，旨在与波兰、荷兰和芬兰合作储备武器，由英国前财政大臣蕾切尔·里夫斯于今年设立。她表示，通过整合资源和投资级信用评级，该安排最多可节省20%的成本。
The MDM will be a procurement program to stockpile weapons in partnership with Poland, the Netherlands and Finland that was set up this year by former UK chancellor Rachel Reeves. By pooling resources and investment-grade credit ratings, the arrangement could save as much as 20%, she said.
加拿大正在单独设立“国防、安全与韧性银行”，旨在为武器企业引入私人资本与国家资金。加拿大总理马克·卡尼——英格兰银行前行长——正在主导该项目，并获得了阿尔巴尼亚、比利时、希腊、土耳其和乌克兰等所谓“中等强国”的支持。
Canada is setting up a separate Defence, Security and Resilience Bank to attract private capital alongside state funding for weapons firms. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a former Bank of England governor, is leading the project and has support from so-called “middle powers” such as Albania, Belgium, Greece, Turkey and Ukraine.
据知情人士透露，由于加拿大拒绝在部分底线问题上妥协，包括将联合组织总部设在加拿大以及新成员加入的条款，希利决定放弃合并谈判。
Healey decided to abandon merger discussions after Canada refused to compromise on some of its red lines, including basing the joint organization’s headquarters in Canada and the terms under which new members could join, the person familiar with the discussions said.
据该人士称，尽管加拿大与英国的优先事项不同，双方仍存在合作机会。该人士表示，加拿大一直坚持联合总部设在渥太华，并更侧重于向较小国家提供贷款。
There are opportunities for cooperation between the two even though Canada has different priorities than the UK, according to the person. Canada had been insisting on a joint headquarters in Ottawa and is focusing more on lending to smaller countries, the person said.
英国的MDM旨在降低军事采购成本，而DSRB的目标是为生产这些军事装备的国防企业提供融资。
The UK’s MDM is designed to reduce the cost of military procurement while DSRB’s goal is to finance the defense firms that will produce that military equipment.
希利曾任国防大臣，今年因资金不足而辞职，此举助推了前首相基尔·斯塔默政府的倒台。在新任工党首相安迪·伯纳姆领导下，他晋升为财政大臣。
Healey is a former defense secretary who quit over a lack of funding this year in a move that helped bring down former Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government. He was elevated to chancellor under new Labour premier Andy Burnham.
周三，希利预计将宣布向英国商业银行和国家财富基金提供高达200亿英镑的支持。这两家机构均为政府独立运营机构，职责范围包括为英国新兴国防产业提供融资。
On Wednesday, Healey is expected to announce as much as £20 billion of support for the British Business Bank and the National Wealth Fund. Both are arms-length government bodies that include a remit to finance new UK defense industries.