> I mean, if the Commission wants to drive US tech companies out of the EU on the specious grounds that it might help the moribund EU startup scene I thought t

> I mean, if the Commission wants to drive US tech companies out of the EU on the specious grounds that it might help the moribund EU startup scene I thought the EU commission just wanted them to properly pay taxes. > I doubt it would be enormously difficult for Apple to relocate from Dublin to London. Once the UK is outside the EU, Apple needs a representation in the UK. No doubt. The UK also has a lot of associated tax havens. Probably useful, too. Possibly Apple also needs to be represented in the EU, if it wants to keep addressing a then 450 million people market.