Trump met with heads of US travel companies in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
特朗普周三在椭圆形办公室见了美国旅游公司的高管。
He said that US banks cannot do business in Canada.
他说,美国银行不能在加拿大做生意。
Someone asked him if the US and Canada could talk about their trade war again.
有人问他,美国和加拿大的贸易战会不会重新谈。
He said this at that time.
他是在那时说这句话的。
Experts say that this statement is not right.
专家说,这个说法不对。
The Canadian Bankers Association says 15 American banks now do business in Canada.
加拿大银行家协会说,现在有15家美国银行在加拿大做生意。
Some of them are branches, and some are subsidiaries.
它们有的是分行,有的是子公司。
These banks include JPMorgan, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, and Wells Fargo.
这些银行包括摩根大通、花旗银行、美国银行、第一资本和富国银行。
They have about 90.1 billion dollars in assets in total.
它们一共有大约901亿美元的资产。
This is more than half of all foreign banks' assets in Canada.
这占了所有外国银行在加拿大资产的一半以上。
James Thompson is a finance teacher at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He says American banks can come into Canada.
加拿大滑铁卢大学的金融学教授詹姆斯·汤普森说,美国银行可以进入加拿大市场。
But the rules of the two countries are different, and this can confuse people.
但两国的规则不同,这可能会让人搞不清楚。
Canada divides foreign banks into two groups.
加拿大把外国银行分成两类。
Schedule II banks are companies that are registered in Canada.
附表II银行是在加拿大注册的子公司。
Schedule III banks are offices that are not registered.
附表III银行是没有注册的分行。
Most American banks are Schedule III banks.
大多数美国银行是附表III银行。
These banks cannot take deposits below 150,000 US dollars.
这类银行不能接受低于15万美元的存款。
So they find it hard to serve normal customers.
所以它们很难服务普通客户。
Experts say these rules may be why. US banks do not want to enter Canada in a big way.
专家说,这些限制可能是美国银行不想大举进入加拿大的原因。
The Canadian market is small.
加拿大市场比较小。
Also, local banks already have famous names and wide networks.
而且本地的银行已经有很出名的名字和很广的网络。
Thompson says US banks need to spend a lot of money to build infrastructure. They want to compete for Canadian retail customers.
汤普森说,美国银行如果想和加拿大的零售客户竞争,需要花很多钱建基础设施。
But at first, they can only get a small number of customers.
但刚开始只能拿到一小部分客户。
The White House did not answer reporters' questions right away.
白宫没有马上回应记者的提问。