Vestager Targets Engie’s Taxes as She Meets U.S. Critics

By Stephanie Bodoni and Gaspard Sebag, Bloomberg News

Margrethe Vestager is targeting the tax affairs of France’s biggest gas distributor on the eve of her meetings with some of the toughest critics of her investigations of Apple Inc. and other American firms.

The European Union Antitrust Commissioner is meeting Monday with officials including U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, whose February letter to top EU authorities criticized what he called the unfair targeting of American firms. The addition of France’s Engie SA to those investigated by the EU for allegedly unfair tax advantages may help tone down some of the ...