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Canada drops tech tax to progress trade talks

2025/6/30
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Eamon McWilliam: 作为记者，我报道说加拿大取消了计划中的数字服务税，因为特朗普总统威胁要结束贸易谈判。这项税收原本会影响到包括亚马逊、Meta和苹果在内的美国大型科技公司。加拿大财政部表示，取消数字服务税是为了与美国达成全面的贸易安排。 Carleen Varian: 作为前总理幕僚长，我认为美国对数字服务税的反对不仅仅是特朗普和共和党人的不满，拜登政府也对此表示关注。特朗普总统喜欢在最后一刻制造戏剧性。加拿大企业对数字服务税存在分歧，一方面不希望因与自身无关的税收受到美国惩罚，另一方面一些企业直接受到该税的影响，因为科技公司将税收转嫁给消费者。

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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