The United States once supported the new international tax system to cover many different companies.

美国曾经支持这个新的国际税制覆盖许多不同公司。

The White House says such a unilateral approach threatened to undermine progress on making the international tax system fair.

白宫称，这种单边的解决方式威胁到国际税制公平化的进程。

The international tax system hasn’t exactly kept up with technology.

国际税收制度并没有完全跟上技术的发展。

In May, nearly 130 countries and territories agreed on a plan to overhaul international tax rules.

5 月， 近 130 个国家和地区同意了一项全面改革国际税收规则的计划。

That idea came a step closer on November 23rd, when UN members resolved to begin talks on international tax co-operation.

11 月 23 日，当联合国成员决定开始就国际税收合作展开谈判时，这一想法又向前迈进了一步。

In other words, they all share a view that the international tax system has failed to keep up with the current economy.

换句话说，他们一致认为，国际税收体系跟不上当前经济发展步伐。

Instead, the digital services tax is part of a much larger trend, with countries over the past few years proposing or putting in place an alphabet soup of new international tax provisions.

相反，它代表着一个更大的趋势，各国在过去几年里提出或实施了一系列以首字母组合命名的国际税收新规。

Both France and the United States are involved in the organization's work, but France's digital services tax and the American response raise questions about what the future holds for the international tax system.

法国和美国都已参与其中，但法国的数字服务税以及美国的反应却为国际税收体制的未来走向打上了问号。

These unilateral developments differ in their specifics, but they are all designed to tax multinationals on income and revenue that countries believe they should have a right to tax, even if international tax rules do not grant them that right.

虽然这些单边措施进展在具体细节上有所不同，但他们都意在对跨国公司的收入和收益征税，各国都认为他们有权征税，即使国际税收规则没有赋予他们这一权利。

These unilateral developments differ in their specifics, but they re all designed to tax multinationals on income and revenue that countries believe they should have a right to tax, even if international tax rules do not grant them that right.

这些单边举措虽然细节各不相同，但却都意在对跨国公司的净收益、总收益征税，这些国家都认为他们有权利这么做， 即使国际税收法则并没有赋予他们这种权利。