澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-06-22

 The European Union is taking on global companies which use loopholes to minimize their tax. Financial ministers meeting in Luxembourg have agreed on a united set of rules to discourage the multinationals¹ from exploiting differences in national regulations. Reaching an agreement has been tough; some countries were worried about dropping away investments and jobs. But the new rules are expecting to take effect from 2016.

 

No longer will companies be able to exploit these loopholes, in our legislations to minimize their tax abuse. That is good news for x budgets, good news for honest businesses, and good news for those who seek fair taxation² in the EU.

 

Now let’s see what the market finished the x weeks. And that’s we can see with feelings mixed in the Europe. The FTSE 100 up 17 when the opposition³ direction in Germany. And cross on Wall Street, it was a positive territory, the Dow up 26 points, the S&P 500 and x stocks also moving ahead.

1 multinationals   

跨国公司( multinational的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These local companies are only small fry compared with the huge multinationals. 同那些跨国公司比，这些当地的公司不过是小鱼小虾。
• Some people believe that the multinationals have too much power. 有人认为跨国公司的权力太大了。

2 taxation   

n.征税，税收，税金

参考例句：

• He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。