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Trump says US and Canada made a last-minute deal to stop 50% US tariffs on Canadian goods.

Trump says US and Canada made a last-minute deal to stop 50% US tariffs on Canadian goods.

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August 20th, 2026

Trump says US and Canada made a last-minute deal to stop 50% US tariffs on Canadian goods.

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he paused U.S. tariffs.

唐纳德·特朗普总统星期二他暂停了美国的关税

The tariffs were 50%.

这些关税百分之五十

They were on $20 billion of Canadian imports.

它们针对价值200亿美元的加拿大进口商品

The pause is for three days.

暂停持续三天

He told people on his social media site.

在他的社交媒体网站上告诉了人们

He did this less than two hours before the tariffs started.

在关税开始前不到两个小时做了这件事。

Trump said the pause came from a deal.

特朗普说暂停来自一个协议

Canada and the U.S. made the deal.

加拿大和美国达成了这个协议

They still need to finish the papers.

他们还需要完成文件

The tariffs would hit Canadian things.

这些关税会影响加拿大的东西

Examples are hockey sticks and tongue depressors.

例子曲棍球棒压舌板

Canada said it would fight back.

加拿大会反击

It would put its own taxes on U.S. goods.

对美国的商品自己的税

That could make the trade fight worse.

可能让贸易战更糟

The two countries traded $880 billion last year.

去年这两个国家交易了8800亿美元

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said they made big progress.

加拿大总理马克·卡尼他们取得了很大进展

But important work is still there.

重要的工作还在

He said Canada agreed to the three-day wait.

加拿大同意了三天等待

Talks will go on.

会谈会继续

Carney and Trump talked on the phone twice.

卡尼特朗普通了两次电话

They talked in the last two days.

他们在过去两天谈了

One call was Tuesday afternoon.

一次通话星期二下午

Both sides had reasons to stop the tariffs.

两边都有理由停止关税

Last year, almost 72% of Canada's goods went to the U.S.

去年,加拿大差不多72%的货物去了美国

The Trump team also worried about prices.

特朗普团队担心价格

U.S. people might pay more.

美国人民可能要付更多钱

This was before the midterm elections in November.

这是在十一月中期选举之前

The U.S. used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

美国用了1930年关税法的第338条

It is a law never used before.

是一条以前从未用过的法律。

The law lets tariffs go up to 50%.

这条法律关税升到50%

It applies to countries that hurt U.S. business.

适用于伤害美国生意的国家

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