Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, visited the European Commission’s offices in Brussels Thursday to lobby for in effect an amnesty in the investigation of the electronics giant’s special or unusual tax arrangements using Irish companies to avoid/ evade massive amounts of tax. Last week Cook won the support of key members of the US Senate Finance Committee who urged Jacob Lew, US Treasury secretary, to warn the European Commission that an adverse finding against Apple could trigger reprisals against European firms operating in the United States. Meanwhile it’s reported that the Irish Government is angry about what it views as unfair treatment of Apple by the EU!