"The European Union today fined Google roughly $3.5 billion for violating its competition laws, a move that risks escalating tensions with the Trump administration. The European Commission, the executive branch of the 27-nation bloc, said Google had breached antitrust laws by using its size and dominance to control the display advertising business, undercutting rivals. The European Union's aggressive regulation of the tech industry has been a major source of contention with the United States."
"The Trump administration sees the policies as unfairly punitive toward American firms. Last week, President Trump threatened tariffs against countries that targeted American tech companies, without specifically mentioning the European Union. After the fine against Google was announced on FridayTrump threatened to respond with new penalties. "My Administration will NOT allow these discriminatory actions to stand," he wrote on social media."
The European Commission fined Google roughly $3.5 billion for violating EU competition laws by using its size and dominance to control the display advertising business and undercut rivals. The European Union's aggressive regulation of the tech industry has also targeted Apple, Meta and X, generating contention with the United States. The Trump administration views those policies as unfairly punitive toward American firms and has threatened tariffs and retaliatory penalties after the Google fine. U.S. authorities have pursued parallel antitrust actions against Google, including court orders to share search data and rulings that Google illegally maintained advertising technology monopolies, with remedies hearings forthcoming.
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