China preparing to launch an antitrust investigation into Google: Report
China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into
Alphabet Inc's Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance
of its Android mobile
operating system to stifle competition, two people familiar with the matter
said.
The
case was proposed by telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co
Ltd last year and has been submitted by the country's top market regulator to
the State Council's antitrust committee for review, they added.
A
decision on whether to proceed with a formal investigation may come as soon as
October and could be affected by the state of China's relationship with the
United States, one of the people said.
The
potential investigation follows a raft of actions by US President Donald
Trump's administration to hobble Chinese tech companies, citing national
security risks.
This
has included putting Huawei on its trade blacklist, threatening similar action
for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp
and ordering TikTok owner ByteDance to divest the short-form video app.
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