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Us Facing New Front In Trade Conflict
美国在贸易冲突中面临新挑战
Battle lines are being drawn for a possible trade war between the European Union and the United States after US President Donald Trump's threat to put 100-percent tariffs on French goods such as Champagne and cheese prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to declare that any such measures would be treated as an attack on all of Europe.
在美国总统唐纳德.特朗普威胁对法国香槟、奶酪等商品征收100%关税后，法国总统马克龙宣布美国任何此类措施将被视为对整个欧洲的攻击，欧盟和美国之间的贸易战争越演愈裂。
France intends to place a tax on global technology companies such as Facebook and Google, saying digital revenues are taxed unduly lightly compared with their "real-life revenues".
法国打算对Facebook和谷歌等全球科技公司征税，称与它们的“实际收入”相比，目前对这些公司的数字收入征税过轻。
This plan provoked an instant reaction from Washington and the matter has escalated into a public dispute overshadowing the gathering of global leaders in London to mark the 70th anniversary of the NATO strategic alliance.
这一计划立即引发了华盛顿方面的强烈回应，并升级成为一场公开争议，给在伦敦举行的纪念北大西洋公约组织成立70周年的全球领导人会议蒙上了阴影。
"We'll see where the discussions lead in the coming weeks, but it will involve a European response," Macron told Trump at a meeting in London.
马克龙在伦敦的会议上告诉特朗普:“我们将看到未来几周的讨论方向，但这将涉及整个欧洲的回应。”
The timing could hardly be more awkward, with Trump having already complained about European reliance on US military support through NATO and made no secret of his opposition to the EU as an institution.
这一言论令特朗普陷入尴尬境地，因为特朗普已经抱怨过欧洲依赖美国通过北约提供的军事支持，而且毫不掩饰自己对欧盟组织的反对。
In a CBS interview in October, he said: "Nobody treats us much worse than the European Union … it was formed in order to take advantage of us on trade, and that's what they've done."
去年10月在哥伦比亚广播公司的一次采访中，特朗普表示:“没有人比欧盟待我们更差……欧盟的成立是为了在贸易上占尽美国的便宜，他们实际就是这么做的。”
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