Canadian leader Carney pushes back against Trump administration
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Canadian leader Carney pushes back against Trump administration

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ApnewsSeptember 1, 2026View Source

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Canadas statsminister Mark Carney ber Trump-administrasjonen slutte å være tøffe.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney tells the Trump administration to stop being tough.

Canadas→Canada'sstatsminister→prime ministerber→asks/tellsTrump-administrasjonen→Trump administrationslutte→stopå→tovære→betøffe→tough
Han sier at USA må slutte å bruke memer og sosiale medier til å angripe Canada.

He says the US must stop using memes and social media to attack Canada.

sier→saysat→thatmå→mustslutte→stopå→tobruke→usememer→memesog→andsosiale medier→social mediatil→to/forangripe→attack
Forholdet mellom de to landene har blitt spent etter at handelsforhandlingene stoppet.

The relationship between the two countries has become tense after trade negotiations stopped.

Forholdet→relationshipmellom→betweento→twolandene→countrieshar→hasblitt→becomespent→tenseetter→afterat→thathandelsforhandlingene→trade negotiationsstoppet→stopped
Carney mener at USA ikke tar forhandlingene seriøst nok akkurat nå.

Carney believes that the US is not taking negotiations seriously enough right now.

mener→believesat→thatikke→nottar→takesforhandlingene→negotiationsseriøst→seriouslynok→enoughakkurat nå→right now
Han advarte om at de nye kravene fra Washington kan ødelegge kanadisk industri.

He warned that the new demands from Washington could destroy Canadian industry.

advarte→warnedom→aboutat→thatnye→newkravene→demandsfra→fromkan→canødelegge→destroykanadisk→Canadianindustri→industry
Donald Trump har nylig foreslått å gi Lake Ontario det nye navnet "Lake America".

Donald Trump has recently suggested giving Lake Ontario the new name "Lake America".

har→hasnylig→recentlyforeslått→suggestedå→togi→givenye→newnavnet→name
Carney kritiserte også personlige angrep mot kanadiske kadetter på sosiale medier.

Carney also criticized personal attacks against Canadian cadets on social media.

kritiserte→criticizedogså→alsopersonlige→personalangrep→attacksmot→againstkanadiske→Canadiankadetter→cadetspå→onsosiale medier→social media
Statsministeren sier at samtaler om handel kan starte igjen hvis USA endrer holdning.

The Prime Minister says that trade talks can start again if the US changes its attitude.

Statsministeren→Prime Ministersier→saysat→thatsamtaler→talksom→abouthandel→tradekan→canstarte→startigjen→againhvis→ifendrer→changesholdning→attitude
Akkurat nå ser situasjonen mellom de to naboene ut til å være vanskelig.

Right now, the situation between the two neighbors appears to be difficult.

Akkurat nå→right nowser ut til→appears tosituasjonen→situationmellom→betweento→twonaboene→neighborså→tovære→bevanskelig→difficult
Canada ønsker en rettferdig avtale som beskytter landets økonomiske interesser.

Canada wants a fair deal that protects the country's economic interests.

ønsker→wantsen→arettferdig→fairavtale→deal/agreementsom→that/whichbeskytter→protectslandets→country'søkonomiske→economicinteresser→interests
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statsminister
prime minister
"Canadas statsminister snakket om handel."
forhandlinger
negotiations
"Forhandlingene mellom landene er vanskelige."
å ødelegge
to destroy / to ruin
"Nye regler kan ødelegge for industrien."
rettferdig
fair
"Vi trenger en rettferdig løsning."
holdning
attitude / stance
"Han har en negativ holdning til forslaget."
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