加拿大一名官员周三表示，尽管美国总统唐纳德·特朗普领导的共和党在中期选举中遭遇惨败，但加拿大减少对美国经济依赖的推进步伐不会改变。
Canada’s push to reduce economic dependence on the US will not change after President Donald Trump’s Republican Party suffered a crushing midterm election defeat, an official said on Wednesday.
加拿大总理马克·卡尼坚持认为，作为加拿大经济基石的对美贸易不会回归特朗普执政前的常态，加拿大必须紧迫地实现贸易关系多元化。
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has maintained that trade with the US, a cornerstone of the Canadian economy, will not return to a pre-Trump normal and that his country must urgently diversify its trading relationships.
美国民主党领袖一直批评特朗普对加拿大发动的贸易战，并呼吁撤销影响边境两侧企业的全面关税。
US Democratic Party leaders have been critical of Trump’s trade war with Canada and called for the reversal of sweeping tariffs that have affected businesses on both sides of the border.
但负责美加贸易事务的加拿大部长多米尼克·勒布朗周三强调，渥太华专注于重塑经济定位的方向“并未改变”。
But the Canadian minister responsible for US-Canada trade, Dominic LeBlanc, stressed Wednesday that Ottawa’s focus on repositioning the economy “hasn’t changed”.
“我们显然注意到了美国的选举结果，”他对记者表示，并强调贸易谈判仍将与特朗普领导的白宫进行，而非与即将上任的民主党控制的国会进行。勒布朗表示，卡尼政府致力于“实现贸易关系多元化”。
“We obviously took note of the election results in the United States,” he told reporters, underscoring that trade negotiations will still be held with Trump’s White House, not an incoming Democratic-controlled Congress. Carney’s government is committed to “diversifying our trading relationships”, LeBlanc said.
“这是我们昨天的重点，实际上也是我们今天的重点，并将成为明天即将发布的预算案的重点，”勒布朗说。
“That was our focus yesterday. That is actually our focus today and will be the focus tomorrow in the budget” that is set to be released, LeBlanc said.
特朗普的关税重创加拿大经济，而他反复声称加拿大可能成为美国第51个州的言论，则引发了抵制美国产品的浪潮。
Trump’s tariffs have hit the Canadian economy hard, while his repeated remarks that Canada could become the 51st US state have led to boycotts of American products.
卡尼曾于8月退出贸易谈判，指责华盛顿试图强加侵犯加拿大主权的条款，但他近几天的语气变得更为乐观。
Carney walked away from trade talks in August, accusing Washington of seeking to impose terms that infringed on Canadian sovereignty, but he has sounded a more optimistic note in recent days.
他在安提瓜和巴布达参加英联邦峰会间隙，于周二对记者表示：“我们取得了进展，但尚未完成。”
“We’ve made progress, but we haven’t finished,” he told reporters in Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday, on the sidelines of a Commonwealth summit.
卡尼补充称，特朗普团队已在某些加拿大“红线”问题上退让，但未提供具体细节。
Trump’s team had backed away from certain Canadian “red lines”, Carney added, without providing specifics.
特朗普上月末表示，他预计“很快”就会与加拿大达成新的贸易协议，但总统此前关于协议即将达成的保证并未兑现。
Trump said late last month that he expected a new trade agreement with Canada to be reached “pretty soon”, but previous assurances from the president about an impending deal have not materialised.