Mexico proposes tax on sugary beverages
墨西哥提議對含糖飲料課稅
2013-10-14◎管淑平
The Mexican government
proposed penalizing sugary beverages with a special tax in an effort to contain
twin epidemics of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, attempting to join countries
such as France and Hungary in taxing sweet drinks in the name of public health.
墨西哥政府力圖遏止肥胖與二型糖尿病雙生流行病，提案以特別稅懲罰含糖飲料，打算像法國和匈牙利一樣，用公共衛生名義對含糖飲料課稅。
President Enrique Peña
Nieto’s tax overhaul targets all sugar-sweetened beverages, not just soda, in a
country where seven of 10 adults are either overweight or obese. An estimated
15% of people over age 20 have adult-onset diabetes.
總統潘尼亞．尼托的稅制改革提案，目標不只是汽水，而是所有加糖飲料。這個國家每10名成人就有7人體重過重或病態肥胖。估計20歲以上的人有15％罹患成年發病型糖尿病。
The sugar content of
carbonated soda has received heaps of attention in Mexico recently. An
initiative in the Senate called for a 20% tax on soda.
碳酸飲料的糖份問題，近年在墨西哥受到極大關注。參議院的一項提案要求對汽水課徵20％的稅。
The bill proposed
Sunday would apply a tax of one peso （eight cents）
for each liter of sugar-sweetened beverage. The government said the tax of one
peso per liter would bring in a little more than $900 million a year in
revenue.
週日提出的這項提案將對每公升加糖飲料課徵1披索（8美分）的稅。政府說，每公升課徵1披索的稅，1年將帶來略高於9億美元的稅收。
Mexico’s Congress by
mid-November is expected to approve the broader fiscal proposal, including the
soft-drink tax, without substantial changes.
預期墨西哥國會將在11月中旬前，幾乎原封不動地批准包括軟性飲料稅在內的廣泛財政提案。
新聞辭典：
l contain：動詞，在本文中意為遏制，克制。例句：Doctors are trying to contain the spread of the
disease.（醫師正設法遏止這種疾病蔓延。）
l overhaul：動詞或名詞，徹底檢修，大幅更新修改。例句：It’s time to overhaul our
criminal justice system.（該是改革我國刑事司法體系的時候了。）
l heap：名詞，堆疊，大量（用複數形）；動詞，堆疊。例句：We still have heaps of time to
finish our work.（我們還有很多時間完成工作。）
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