Canada and US say they are finalising a trade deal, but details remain murky
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US trade representative Jamieson Greer (right) said the deal eliminates several trade irritants that the Americans had with Canada.
美国贸易代表杰米森·格里尔（右）表示，该协议消除了美国与加拿大之间的几项贸易刺激。
Canada and the US are finalising a highly anticipated trade deal, with President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney touting it as a success.
加拿大和美国正在敲定一项备受期待的贸易协议，唐纳德·特朗普总统和马克·卡尼总理称其为成功。
Trump said the proposed deal will be welcome by US farmers and manufacturers, while Carney said it will secure "the best terms" for Canada's strategic sectors and provide certainty on the future of US-Canada trade.
特朗普表示，拟议的协议将受到美国农民和制造商的欢迎，而卡尼表示，它将为加拿大战略部门确保“最佳条款”，并为美加贸易的未来提供确定性。
Trade negotiators met on Wednesday for the third time in as many days on Wednesday and after Trump paused a new wave of tariffs he had threatened to impose overnight on a range of Canadian goods.
贸易谈判代表周三举行了多日来的第三次会议，在特朗普暂停新一轮关税后，他曾威胁要隔夜对一系列加拿大商品征收关税。
But details on what the agreement covers, what concessions both sides have made, and what still needs to be ironed out, remain unclear.
但协议涵盖的内容、双方做出的让步以及仍需解决的问题等细节仍不清楚。
Speaking to reporters briefly on Wednesday after a 45-minute meeting with his Canadian counterpart, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the Americans are "very happy" with the latest discussions.
美国贸易代表杰米森·格里尔周三在与加拿大外长进行了 45 分钟的会晤后对记者简短地表示，美国人对最新的讨论“非常满意”。
He said he will soon brief Congress and US stakeholders on the deal's details.
他表示，他将很快向国会和美国利益相关者通报该交易的细节。
"We feel confident that we've reached an agreement that will not only continue to protect American workers, American jobs, American supply chains, but really strengthen the North American economy," Greer said.
格里尔表示：“我们对达成的协议充满信心，该协议不仅将继续保护美国工人、美国就业、美国供应链，而且将真正加强北美经济。”
The deal eliminates "some of the irritants" that the US has had with Canada, he added.
他补充说，该协议消除了美国与加拿大之间的“一些刺激因素”。
The BBC's Samira Hussain explains the impact of Trump's tariffs on the US Trump said Canada has agreed to eliminate tariffs on US farmers, though he did not specify which specific agricultural sectors would benefit.
BBC 的萨米拉·侯赛因 (Samira Hussain) 解释了特朗普关税对美国的影响 特朗普表示，加拿大已同意取消对美国农民的关税，但他没有具体说明哪些特定农业部门将受益。
Asked whether the US will also be reducing some tariffs it has placed on Canada, Trump said by "a little bit".
当被问及美国是否也会降低对加拿大征收的部分关税时，特朗普表示“稍微”。
In a post on X, Carney congratulated Greer and Canada-US Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc "for the significant progress" made in negotiations.
在 X 上的一篇帖子中，卡尼祝贺格里尔和加美贸易部长多米尼克·勒布朗在谈判中“取得了重大进展”。
"We are now moving towards an agreement that reinforces that Canadian advantage, including by securing the best terms in each of Canada's most important strategic sectors and providing greater certainty about our future trading relationship," Carney wrote on Wednesday.
卡尼周三写道：“我们现在正在努力达成一项协议，以加强加拿大的优势，包括在加拿大每个最重要的战略领域确保最佳条款，并为我们未来的贸易关系提供更大的确定性。”
The prime minister is meeting with his cabinet and leaders of Canadian provinces on Wednesday afternoon to brief them on the deal.
周三下午，总理将与内阁和加拿大各省领导人会面，向他们通报该协议的情况。
LeBlanc and his team have been camped out in Washington for more than a week to hammer out a deal ahead of a wave of new 50% tariffs the Trump administration planned to implement on Wednesday.
勒布朗和他的团队已经在华盛顿扎营了一个多星期，以便在特朗普政府计划于周三实施的一波新的 50% 关税之前敲定一项协议。
Those have now been paused until the weekend. Canada has been in pursuit of a deal that would have the US drop or reduce tariffs on its steel, aluminium, automobiles and lumber.
这些活动现已暂停，直到周末。 加拿大一直在寻求一项协议，让美国放弃或降低对其钢铁、铝、汽车和木材的关税。
The US, meanwhile, has been asking for a number of concessions from Canada, including removing its remaining retaliatory tariffs on American autos and adjusting its dairy quotas to allow greater access for US cheese producers.
与此同时，美国一直要求加拿大做出一些让步，包括取消对美国汽车剩余的报复性关税，并调整其乳制品配额，以允许美国奶酪生产商获得更多准入。
It has also asked for the ban on US alcohol sales, imposed last year by most Canadian provinces in retaliation to Trump's tariffs, be removed.
它还要求取消去年加拿大大多数省份为报复特朗普关税而实施的美国酒类销售禁令。
Asked on Wednesday if the latest deal will include significant concessions on dairy, Minister LeBlanc said that Canada's dairy supply management programme - which sees production quotas, set pricing, and import quotas on dairy, eggs, and poultry - will remain "entirely intact".
周三，当被问及最新协议是否将包括对乳制品的重大让步时，勒布朗部长表示，加拿大的乳制品供应管理计划——其中包括乳制品、鸡蛋和家禽的生产配额、定价和进口配额——将保持“完全不变”。
Polls suggest that a majority of Canadians would be unhappy if the Carney government made significant concessions to the US, with 56% surveyed by polling firm Leger, external saying they want Canada to take a hardline approach.
民意调查显示，如果卡尼政府对美国做出重大让步，大多数加拿大人会感到不满，民调公司Leger的调查显示，56%的加拿大人表示希望加拿大采取强硬态度。
But business organisations from both sides of the border have urged for a deal to be reached, cautioning that additional tariffs between the two major trading partners would be harmful for both countries.
但边境两侧的商业组织都敦促达成协议，并警告说，这两个主要贸易伙伴之间的额外关税将对两国都有害。
Dennis Darby, president of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and a member of Carney's advisory committee on Canada-US trade, told the BBC that he is optimistic a finalised deal is on the horizon.
加拿大制造商和出口商总裁、卡尼加美贸易咨询委员会成员丹尼斯·达比 (Dennis Darby) 告诉 BBC，他对即将达成最终协议感到乐观。
"The committee was informed this morning that the negotiations continue and that and we're close, and that's more positive than we've seen in some time," Darby said.
达比说：“委员会今天早上获悉，谈判仍在继续，而且我们已经接近完成，这比我们一段时间以来所看到的更加积极。”
He added that businesses hope this will be the first step towards a return to the terms set under the North American free trade agreement, known as USMCA, with most goods flowing tariff-free through Canada, the US and Mexico.
他补充说，企业希望这将是回归北美自由贸易协定（USMCA）规定条款的第一步，其中大多数商品可以免关税流经加拿大、美国和墨西哥。
"Let's hope that whatever they have to negotiate gets us closer to that," he said.
他说：“我们希望无论他们要谈判什么，都能让我们更接近这一目标。”
Trump pauses new tariffs on Canada for three days, saying deal close Canada's 'powerful' dairy sector is in Trump's trade crosshairs Many Canadians are boycotting the US, so this is where they're travelling instead
特朗普暂停对加拿大征收新关税三天，称交易已完成 加拿大“强大”的乳制品行业成为特朗普的贸易瞄准目标 许多加拿大人抵制美国，所以他们选择去这里旅行
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