FILE PHOTO: A sign with Windows apps is seen at a Microsoft store in Paramus, New Jersey July 8, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
BRUSSELS: Tech giants including Google, Apple and Amazon will for the first time face rules governing their commercial relations with smaller businesses under a law proposed by the European Union on April 26.
The new rules will specifically target app stores, search engines, e-commerce sites and hotel booking websites such as Expedia, requiring them to be more transparent about how they rank search results and why they delist some services.
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