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EU: Vestager claims no grudge against US companies

By  |  October 1, 2015

Following media criticism of the European Commission’s recent investigations against various US companies (Google, Apple, Amazon, etc.), EC commissioner Margrethe Vestager rejected the allegations.

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    “Some claim that our cases involving Internet giants such as Apple or Google are evidence of bias. Well, that is a fallacy,” she said in the text of a speech to be delivered at the Foreign Policy Association in New York.

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    She pointed out how the EC often targets Japanese car companies and that geography has no bearing on EC investigations.

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