Trade tensions: The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. The government has said Google should be ordered to immediately sell-off its advertising exchange, AdX, as well as make its technology interact with rivals. — Dreamstime
WASHINTON: US President Donald Trump threatened a probe on the European Union (EU) that could prompt fresh tariffs in response to the bloc’s fining of Alphabet Inc’s Google over findings the company exploited its advantage over rivals.
Trump made his warning in a social media post last Friday after the EU announced it was fining Google almost €3bil and as it ordered the search giant to stop favouring its own advertising technology services.
