加拿大总理马克·卡尼表示，在贸易谈判中，美国“要求减少”且“提供增加”，因为这两个邻国在上一轮谈判破裂后，再次致力于达成潜在协议。
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the US is “asking less” and “offering more” in trade negotiations, as the neighboring nations once again work on a potential deal after a previous round of talks collapsed.
卡尼在访问安提瓜和巴布达期间对记者说：“我们的一些红线显然已经发生了转移，涉及语言、文化、主权以及我们达成贸易协定的能力。换句话说，这些现在都不在谈判桌上了。这非常受欢迎。”他当时正出席英联邦领导人会议。
“Some of our red lines have clearly shifted, around language, around culture, around sovereignty, our ability to have trade deals. In other words, those are now off the table. That’s very welcome,” Carney told reporters during a trip to Antigua and Barbuda, where’s he attending a meeting of Commonwealth leaders.
8月，美国和加拿大曾接近达成一项削减关税和其他贸易壁垒的协议，但最终告吹，导致双方均对对方的一份产品清单征收50%的关税。
In August, the US and Canada were close to an agreement to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers, but it fell apart, leading each side to put 50% duties on a list of products from the other.
当时，卡尼表示，美国曾试图限制加拿大对法语和文化的保护，并限制其与其他伙伴签署贸易协定的能力。美国官员指责卡尼出于国内政治原因炸毁谈判，商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克称他不在乎加拿大的语言规则。英语和法语是加拿大的两种官方语言。
At the time, Carney said the US had sought to curtail Canadian protections around the French language and culture, and to restrain its ability to sign trade deals with other partners. US officials accused Carney of blowing up the talks for domestic political reasons, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying he didn’t care about Canadian language rules. English and French are Canada’s two official languages.
卡尼补充道：“在其他重要问题上，我们仍需取得进展。如果我要概括一下，他们要求减少了，提供增加了——但我们还没完全达成。”这场争端在近两年前特朗普总统连任、宣布关税计划并表示希望让加拿大成为第51个州后爆发。但双方最近在缓和贸易摩擦的缓和前景上听起来都更加积极。
“There are other important issues on which we still need to make progress,” Carney added. “If I were to paraphrase it, they’re asking less and they’re offering more — but we’re not quite there.”The feud between the two countries erupted nearly two years ago after President Donald Trump was reelected, announced plans for tariffs and said he’d like to make Canada a 51st state. But both sides have recently sounded more positive on the prospect of a detente that would ease trade frictions.
周二早些时候，特朗普表示，美国将“很快”与加拿大达成“伟大协议”。他暗示了可能达成的协议要素，称美国将获得免关税的化肥准入，而加拿大将建设并支付一条南向输油管道的费用。
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump said the US will make a “great deal” with Canada “soon.”He has hinted at elements of a possible deal, stating the US would have tariff-free access to fertilizers and that Canada would build and pay for a southbound oil pipeline.
加拿大并未对钾肥——一种关键化肥原料——征收任何出口税或关税，而加拿大向美国大量供应这种产品。特朗普所提及的管道项目已有商业支持者，而涉事加拿大公司 South Bow Corp. 正以明年做出最终投资决定为目标。
Canada has not put any export taxes or duties on potash, a key fertilizer input, which it supplies in large quantities to the US. The pipeline project that Trump was referring to already has commercial backers, and the Canadian firm involved, South Bow Corp., is targeting a final investment decision next year.
卡尼未透露与汽车行业相关谈判的具体细节，该行业上一次被证明是关键绊脚石。尽管跨境供应链已深度融合数十年，特朗普却表示不希望美国进口加拿大车辆。
Carney didn’t share specific details about negotiations related to the auto sector, which proved a critical stumbling block last time. Despite decades of deep cross-border supply-chain integration, Trump has said he doesn’t want the US to import Canadian vehicles.