Sarah Collins: EU's legal case looks slight but the Apple row helped big shift in tax policies
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager
Sarah Collins
The EU doesn’t need to win the Apple case. It got what it wanted when the US and Ireland signed up to a global tax deal two years ago. But losing will be a blow to efforts to widen Brussels’ powers over member states with an expansively broad interpretation of state aid rules.
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