” – Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Story of the week: The European Commission suffered another major defeat in its antitrust charges against Big Tech. The General Court of the European Union has dismissed the case against Amazon, which the EU executive accused of having received a special tax treatment from Luxembourg. The verdict is similar to another major antitrust case that concerned Apple and the Republic of Ireland. In both cases the court ruled that the Commission did not provide a sufficient legal basis for proving that the tax deal could be considered as state aid. The result of these legal proceedings raises doubts about whether the Commission’s antitrust investigations have teeth, and falls within a broader discussion on taxing web services. Listen to the podcast for more.