Kuningi okwashiwo ngale ndaba ngosuku lwayo, kepha uma kwenzeka ungazi, sizokunikeza isifinyezo esifushane: Ireland unikeze i-Apple, ngokuvumelana, uhlelo lwentela oluhlekisayo ukuze ihehe imali njengenzuzo e-Ireland, futhi ikwazi ukusabalalisa Europa ngizuza kanjani Apple.
Lokhu kukhwabanisa komthetho i-European Union kanye neqembu lamazwe akwenza kwakungathandeki nhlobo, kwaholela ochungechungeni lwezijeziso. Ngemuva kwesinqumo seziphathimandla zezomthetho ezinekhono, u-Apple uthathe isinqumo sokukhokha intela evinjelwe kuleli sonto.
Lolu lwazi luthunyelwe yi-Financial Times namhlanje ekuseni, ekugcineni udaba obeludonsa kusukela ngo-2016 lubukeka luphela, yize i-Apple ingavumelani nesinqumo sokugcina esithathwe yizinhlangano zomhlaba. Eqinisweni, uTim Cook uxwayise ngokuthi bazoqhubeka nokulwa nokwahlulela ngalesi sinqumo. Ngokuphambene nalokho, Kuleli sonto kuqinisekisiwe ukuthi i-Apple izokhokha lawo ma-euro ayizigidi ezingama-13.000 ebingabalekela ngentela engenangqondo i-Ireland eyanikela ngayo ukwenza imisebenzi yayo endaweni yase-Europe. Kuthiwa maduzane, kepha leyo mali enkulu kangaka ibinganikezelwa ngempumelelo kunqubomgomo yezenhlalo.
Kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ukuze kuqiniswe isimo ezingeni lentela i-Apple eliyigcina eYurophu, ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yalokhu kuhamba, inkampani yaseCupertino isimemezele ukuthi izohambisa ikomkhulu layo isiQhingi saseJersey. Ngamafuphi, le nto yoMgcinimafa ngokuvamile isebenza kangcono kunanoma yiluphi olunye uhlobo lwenhlangano, imali ibiza imali, ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi lokhu kwenzeke ngendaba yase-Ireland, umbuzo manje uthi ... Ngabe izinkampani eziningi ezinkulu zizokwehla? Siyakhumbula ukuthi akuyona i-Apple kuphela ehlomule kulokhu kuhamba ngeshwa.