Recode Decode: Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition, European Commission

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.2 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this special bonus episode, Margrethe Vestager, Europe's Commissioner for Competition, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the high-profile cases she has brought against Apple and Google for alleged unfair tax breaks and antitrust violations, respectively. Vestager says "there is a limit to everything," including the assistance successful companies should get from the government, and their access to consumers' data. She rejects President Obama's past allegation of European regulators singling out American companies, and explains why Silicon Valley should be put under the microscope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:07.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:10.5	You may know me as Silicon Valley's least diplomatic person, but in my spare time I talk tech
0:15.0	and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players, big
0:19.5	ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:22.1	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode, and while you're there,
0:27.4	leave us a review.
0:29.0	This week we're running a bonus episode of Recode Decode because we have a very special
0:33.0	guest.
0:34.0	Today in the red chair is Margareta Vestiger, the Commissioner for Competition for the European
0:38.4	Commission, which is the executive arm of the EU.
0:42.1	Commissioner Vestiger was formerly a member of the Danish Parliament from 2001 to 2014.
0:48.0	Commissioner Vestiger has been somewhat of a thorn in the side of US tech companies, which
0:52.3	are used to getting exactly what they want from US regulators.
0:56.2	Not from Commissioner Vestiger, she brought formal antitrust charges against Google three
1:00.7	times in 2015, something her predecessor had been exploring for several years prior.
1:06.3	And most recently, she brought a case against Apple for paying low, low taxes in Ireland
1:11.6	and is looking to recover almost $15 billion in past taxes.
1:16.6	Welcome to the show.
1:17.6	Well, it's a pleasure to be here and obviously an honor too.
1:20.8	Yeah, exactly.
1:21.8	You're here in Washington, correct?
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