加美贸易部长勒布朗周三表示，加拿大将在美中期选举后继续与特朗普政府推进贸易谈判，并强调新当选的美国国会要到1月才会就职。
Canada will press ahead with trade negotiations with the Trump administration following the US midterm elections, Canada-US Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Wednesday, stressing that the newly elected US Congress will not take office until January.
勒布朗在渥太华对记者表示，祝贺在美国投票中当选的人员，但称渥太华的“重点没有改变”。他说，政府正致力于解决负担能力、重大项目、增强经济和多元化贸易关系，这一重点将在预算中延续。
Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, LeBlanc congratulated those elected in the US vote but said Ottawa’s "focus hasn’t changed." He said the government is working on affordability, major projects, strengthening the economy and diversifying trade relationships, a focus that will continue in the budget.
勒布朗指出，现任国会和特朗普政府将继续履行各自职责，直到新当选的国会议员正式宣誓就职并开始任期。
LeBlanc pointed out the current Congress and Trump administration will continue to serve in their respective capacities until the newly elected members of Congress are officially sworn into office and begin their terms.
“因此，现任国会将继续履职，特朗普总统政府也将继续履职，我们正与其进行贸易磋商，”他说。他表示，贸易谈判由美国行政部门而非国会负责处理。
"So the current Congress will remain in place, as will the administration of President (Donald) Trump, with whom we’re having our trade discussions,” he said. He said trade talks are handled by the US executive branch rather than Congress.
“我们的工作是专注于我们能控制的事情，那就是与美国人选出的人合作。就我们的贸易对话而言，那些是在美方行政层面进行的，”他说。
"Our job is to focus on what we can control, and that’s to work with the people that Americans have elected. And in the case of our trade conversations, those are conducted at the level of the American executive," he said.
勒布朗还拒绝对美国选民的投票决定做出解读，指出“加拿大人无需试图揣测为什么特定的美国选民会朝特定方向投票。”“美国国会将按美国国会的利益行事。我们的工作将专注于我们能在国内做什么，”他补充道。
LeBlanc also refrained from offering an interpretation of the American electorate’s voting decisions, noting that "it’s not up for Canadians to try and read into why particular American voters went in a particular direction." "The American Congress will act in the interests of the American Congress. Our work will be focused on what we can do here at home," he added.