The average American multinational had a dozen foreign subsidiaries.

美国跨国公司平均拥有十几家外国子公司。

The typical American multinational now has just nine foreign subsidiaries.

典型的美国跨国公司现在只有九家外国子公司。

General Motors, a Detroit carmaker, still boasts more than 100 foreign subsidiaries.

底特律汽车制造商通用汽车 (General Motors) 仍然拥有 100 多家外国子公司。

American firms may have a quarter fewer foreign subsidiaries than a decade ago, on average, but the drop was more than offset by the number of them with a presence abroad.

平均而言，美国公司拥有的外国子公司可能比十年前少四分之一，但这一下降被在国外开展业务的子公司数量所抵消。

And they're allowed to siphon profits earned in the United States out of the country as expenses. They pay themselves to their foreign subsidiaries for the use of patents and intellectual properties that they own.

他们被允许将在美国赚取的利润作为支出转移到国外。他们为自己拥有的专利和知识产权的使用向其外国子公司支付费用。