美国总统特朗普刚刚发推文,宣称要向法国葡萄酒征税。这是怎么回事呢?
US President Donald Trump just posted a Tweet, claiming that he would tax French wine. What is this about?
法国参议院刚刚在本周四通过了一项数字服务税的议案。法国政府认为:一些遍布全世界的跨国公司支付给非母公司所在国家的公司所得税为无或几乎为无,他们认为有必要改变这一现状。
French senate just passed a new digital sales tax on Thursday. According to the French government, some multinational corporations pay little no corporate tax to countries in which they are based. They see a need to remedy this situation.
虽然这项议案并没有直指美国,但是特朗普政府认为它所针对的就是例如谷歌、苹果这样的美国科技公司。
Although this tax is not specific to any country, the Trump administration believes that is targeting US Tech Giant such as Google and Apple.
因此,就有了特朗普总统上述的那则推文。他甚至“幽默”地说他一直认为美国葡萄酒胜过法国葡萄酒。
Hence, the above-mentioned tweet. Mr. Trump even ‘humorously’ said that ‘American wine is better than French wine.’
继中国、印度、墨西哥等国家,法国会成为特朗普总统“开经济炮”的下一个国家吗?
Will France be the next ‘tariff target’ of President Trump after China, India, Mexico and some others?