Antitrust

Trump threatens EU with tariff investigation after Google hit with $3.45 billion antitrust fine

Reuters — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened the European Union with an investigation that could lead to higher tariffs, after the EU fined Google billions of dollars for violating its antitrust laws. The EU announced earlier Friday that Google must pay a €2.95 billion ($3.45 billion) antitrust fine for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative …

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Egypt Independent September 6, 2025

What’s at stake in the Google antitrust case? Billions of dollars (and the way we use the internet)

CNN — Whenever you type a search into Apple’s Safari browser — say, on an iPhone — chances are it’s Google that returns the results. You can tell Safari to pick another search engine, but in practice most people tend to stick with Google by default. You might know that Google pays Apple enormous sums …

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Egypt Independent May 4, 2024