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Margrethe Vestager, the EU's antitrust czar, has suffered a partial setback in her drive to stop EU countries from granting sweetheart tax deals to multinational companies.

The EU's General Court ruled today that the commission was wrong to order Starbucks to pay €30 million ($33 million) in unpaid taxes to the Netherlands. In a separate judgment, it ruled that the commission was correct in ordering Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe to repay a similar amount to the Netherlands.