美加贸易协议可能不如一些美国官员本周末所暗示的那样即将达成。
A US-Canada trade deal is likely not as imminent as some US officials indicated over the weekend.
国家经济委员会主任凯文·哈塞特周日表示，谈判代表“非常接近”达成一项协议，以缓解两国在一系列商品上的对等关税，特朗普总统随后也表达了同样的看法。
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that negotiators were “very close” to reaching an agreement that would ease the countries’ tit-for-tat tariffs on an array of goods, a sentiment President Donald Trump later echoed.
但一位知情人士对这一评估泼了冷水，他告诉《塞马弗》，如果立场发生变化，达成协议总是有可能的。
But a person close to the talks threw cold water on that assessment, telling Semafor that “there is always the possibility of a deal if positions change.”
加拿大方面对此的表述也不同：“加拿大仍在就一系列优先事项与美国对手方进行建设性对话，”加拿大贸易部长多米尼克·勒布朗的一位发言人告诉《塞马弗》，“我们准备以建设性和诚信的态度合作，致力于建立一个更加互利的贸易关系，尊重加拿大的利益。”
Canada is also characterizing it differently: “Canada remains in constructive dialogue with our US counterparts on a range of priorities,” a spokesperson for Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc told Semafor. “We stand ready to work constructively and in good faith towards a more mutually beneficial trading relationship that respects Canada’s interests.”
一位白宫官员指出，特朗普周五曾表示，加拿大“正在非常努力”地与美国达成贸易协议，而美国“拥有所有筹码”。
A White House official pointed to Trump’s remarks Friday that Canada “is working very hard” to strike a trade deal with the US, which he said has “all the cards.”