[Braxton1980]

>Did they really break the law?

According to the EU's highest court they did and that's all that matters. I think you're trying to say that that if you or the US believes that the EU is wrong regardless of EU decisions the US is justified in attacking.

My original comment is pointing out that the current admin seems willing to bully other countries using international trade.

So the EU goes after US tech companies, US tech companies flock to Trump, Trump attacks the EU

[apwell23]

> According to the EU's highest court they did and that's all that matters

Its like saying Euros shouldn't be upset by american tariffs because they are legal per american laws and thats all that matters.

I still don't get why Euros are so freaking upset that USA decided it wants to operate differently. Why doesn't usa have that right.

edit: for butthurt euros calling me names below, Apple's claim is that The EU did not have specific rules in place prohibiting Ireland’s tax policies when Apple benefited from them. It even won its appeal on EU court in 2020 on that basis.

Its time for countries like India to claw back taxes that european companies didn't pay during colonization.

[randunel]

Your comment before you edited it was

> USA can makeup whatever laws it wants and apply them retroactively too

Which shows how little understanding you have of this topic. This isn't a new law, at all. The tax has always been owed, because state aid / state subsidy has always been illegal in the EU. No new law is being applied retroactively here.

A debt needs to be paid.

[Sloowms]

It's not a retroactive law. It's a law not being followed. If you decide to not file your taxes properly and need to pay all the tax you owe after getting found out the law did not change.

[Braxton1980]

> I still don't get why Euros are so freaking upset that USA decided it wants to operate differently. Why doesn't usa have that right.

Why doesn't the EU have the right to their tax rules and what their courts decide?

You're framing this as if the US is doing something that has nothing to do with the EU.

[apwell23]

i am talking about all the hilarious whining thats goin on over tarrifs and what not after they just genocided whole continents. Trump might be the biggest bufoon of all time but he is giving euros a little taste of their own medicine and its amazing to watch.

Euros need to accept their lower status in the world due to their economic decline. They are still hanging on to some racist colonial thinking they are still the top dog.

They are same as phillipines or bangladesh when it comes to relationship with USA. They don't get some special ally status bases on their racist ideas.

They will have to pay similar back taxes to former colonies soon now that they don't have big brother protecting them.

[bgnn]

Correct term is Europeans, not Euros.

I think you are ignorant about law in general and European institutions. European Court of Justice is established in 1952. European Economic Community is established in 1957. Ireland joined the European communities in 1972.

The court order is just, as Apple didn't pay fair amount of taxes from whole EU operations. This makes it an EU matter. They just need to pay their taxes.