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Apple tax decision not against US: Juncker

European authorities' decision to slap Apple with a huge bill for back taxes was not a decision "against the United States", European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Sunday as world leaders gathered in China for a major economic summit.

04.09.2016

(AFP) European authorities' decision to slap Apple with a huge bill for back taxes was not a decision "against the United States", European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Sunday as world leaders gathered in China for a major economic summit.

The 13-billion-euro demand for payment from the American electronics giant has raised hackles in the US, with the White House decrying what it described as a "unilateral" approach to rewriting global taxation norms.