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Canada drops tech tax to progress trade talks

2025/6/30
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Archana Shukla
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Carleen Varian
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Eamon McWilliam
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Leanna Byrne
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Nigel Redwood
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Leanna Byrne：加拿大在最后一刻取消了计划中的数字服务税，此前特朗普总统威胁要结束贸易谈判。这项税收原本会影响到亚马逊、Meta和苹果等主要的美国科技公司。我认为这一举动反映了加拿大在贸易关系中面临的压力，以及对美国潜在报复的担忧。 Eamon McWilliam：加拿大财政部表示，取消数字服务税是为了预期与美国达成全面的贸易安排。我认为这意味着加拿大希望通过避免贸易冲突来维护与美国的重要经济关系。 Carleen Varian：在拜登总统领导下，美国贸易代表经常提出数字服务税问题，认为这是一个贸易关系的挑战。特朗普总统喜欢在最后一刻制造戏剧性。我认为加拿大企业对此存在分歧，一方面不希望受到美国的惩罚，另一方面，一些企业受到数字服务税的影响，因为科技公司选择将税收转嫁给客户。我个人认为，加拿大政府的决定是权衡了各方利益后做出的。

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From the BBC World Service: Canada has scrapped its planned digital services tax hours before it was due to take effect after President Donald Trump threatened to end trade talks over the issue. The planned tax would have hit major U.S tech companies, including Amazon, Meta and Apple. We'll also hear how a British car manufacturer is responding to U.S. reduced tariffs, and a new sandal design has stirred controversy for Prada