Vestager has tasted defeat, but she should not stop chasing Big Tech

The EU's competition commissioner may have lost in the tax courts. But she is right to pursue Apple et al via other channels

Apple's legal victory over Brussels last week appeared at first glance to give every international company seeking out Europe's lowest corporate tax rates a considerable boost.

Officials at the European commission, the EU's executive arm, claimed that the tech giant had saved more than 13bn (11.8bn) over 10 years after signing a sweetheart tax deal with Dublin in what was claimed to be a clear breach of state aid rules. The second-highest court in the EU disagreed, saying that Ireland had played a straight bat in its dealings with Apple and ticked every technical box to get the deal through.

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