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Canadians are fighting back against Trump’s tariffs

As President Trump walks back tariffs on most products from Mexico and Canada, again, Canada says retaliatory tariffs will stay in place until that pause is permanent.
 

walk back 改变（意见）;收回（说法）

retaliatory tariff 报复性关税

CNN's John King went to visit our northern neighbors as part of his all over the map series to hear what the Canadians think about the president and his tariffs.

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JOHN KING, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): This is American steel in Western Canada for custom finishes. One belt is to burn a few notches and drill a few holes, another to weld some angled braces.
 

notch [nɑtʃ] n. 刻痕；槽口，凹口

brace [bres] n. 支柱；支撑物

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Soon, back a railcar and back across the border for an office project in Alaska. It is a partnership that supports 100 jobs here A.I. Industries in Surrey, British Columbia.
 

railcar [ˈrelkɑr] n. 有轨机动车

This is just one piece of nearly $800 billion a year in trade between the United States and Canada. Now, though, a partnership in peril because of President Trump's insistence on new tariffs.

KARIM WAIJI, CANADIAN RESIDENT: He wants to show that U.S. is strong and because I'm bigger than you are, I can bully you around and this is how I'm going to do it.
 

bully [ˋbʊlɪ] v. 胁迫；欺侮

KING: Trump paused the tariffs Thursday, just two days after imposing them. Another about-face. Yes, Waiji prefers no tariffs but he says weeks of threats and contradictions from Trump make it impossible to plan and are already hurting both economies.
 

about-face [əˋbaʊt͵fes] n.（立场、观点等的）彻底改变；变卦

WAIJI: Even with the threat of tariffs, prices have gone through the roof and they've gone higher. So, we're seeing right now when we're bidding a job today versus we're bidding it three months ago, our cost has gone up almost 15 percent.

KING: British Columbia is a living postcard. Scenic mountains and gorgeous waters. The importance of trade is everywhere you look. Canadian lumber waiting at rivers edge. Railcars to carry Canadian crude oil, crops and more. The bustling Pacific rim Port of Vancouver.
 

bustling [ˋbʌs!ɪŋ] adj. 活跃的；奔忙的；忙乱的；熙攘的

PETER XOTTA, CEO, VANCOUVER FRASER PORT AUTHORITY: You watch it for eight hours. You'll see on average, we've got ten ships arriving and ten ships leaving. We did about 160 million tons of cargo last year, 75 percent of that is those bulk commodities -- grain, coal, potash, sulfur and other agricultural products, outbound.
 

potash [ˋpɑt͵æʃ] n.（工农业上用的）钾；钾化合物

KING: Peter Xotta is the port's CEO. He says shippers who normally plan six or nine months out are now taking things a few weeks at a time because Trump is so unpredictable. And he says Trump's threats and his tone leave Canada no choice but to find new markets, new partners.

XOTTA: It's been a wake-up call, right? It's been a wake-up call for Canadians that we need to figure out a way to not be as dependent.

KING: This rift goes beyond what Canadians see as Trump's bad math. They are furious at his bad manners, his constant insults, calling Canada the 51st state and its Prime Minister, governor.
 

rift [rɪft] n. 嫌隙，不和，裂痕

DARRYL LAMB, CANADIAN RESIDENT: We've been in this together for a long time. We fought wars together. We went to Afghanistan. We did all this stuff together. Why? What are you doing here?

KING: Daryl Lamb is the brand manager at Legacy Liquors. Yes, This too, is a front in the new trade war.
 

liquor [ˋlɪkɚ] n.【美】（尤指白兰地，威士忌等）烈酒

LAMB: There's a Yellow Rose right there from Texas -- right there.

KING: So, is it popular?

LAMB: It is and if this goes into effect --

KING: You can't sell this.

LAMB: It'll be off the shelf. It's gone.

KING: Tito's Vodka too, also from Texas.

Diagram of a trade war.
 

diagram [ˋdaɪə͵græm] n. 图表；图解

The Premier of British Columbia says if Trump imposes tariffs, he will ban sales of alcohol from States that Trump won that also have a Republican governor.

premier [ˋprimɪɚ] n. 州总理; 省总理

LAMB: We've gone through this before with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We were asked to remove all Russian products from our shelves.

KING: Lamb says some customers rushed to stockpile American favorites, but others want all American products off the shelves.

KING: So mad at Trump for what he's saying about Canada that they're saying, get it out of here.

LAMB: 100% , absolutely. I'm just worried about this eternal relationship that we've had for 200-plus years being soured for four.
 

sour [ˋsaʊr] v. 使变得不愉快；使失望；使变得讨厌无趣

KING: Vikram Vinayak is a short haul truck driver. Carrying berries destined for the United States on this run.

What are other loads that are pretty typical?

VIKRAM VINAYAK, CANADIAN RESIDENT: Nursery, freeze, auto parts, and produce. Sometimes we pick frozen fish.

KING: How much of your work or products that you know are going to end up in the United States?

VINAYAK: More than 80 to 90 percent of our loads are going to U.S.

KING: As many as five runs a day, 40 to 50 hours a week. But tariffs will cut shipments to the United States and cut Vinayak's hours.

You have a wife and two daughters?

VINAYAK: Yes.

KING: And so what does that mean about planning? Thinking maybe we won't make a vacation or maybe we won't buy something, what is it?

VINAYAK: No, no, just planning is nothing. The main thing is how to get out of this situation by finding another job.

KING: Does that make you mad? You might have to find another job. Do you like this job?

VINAYAK: Yes, I love this job.

KING: One of many jobs now at risk because of a U.S.-Canada relationship, Trump just shifted into reverse.

John King, CNN, Surrey, British Columbia.

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