U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a probe that could prompt fresh tariffs in response to the European Union fining Alphabet’s Google over findings the company abused its dominance by giving its own ad exchanges a competitive advantage.
The president made his warning in a social media post Friday after the EU announced it was fining Google almost €3 billion ($3.5 billion) and ordering the search giant to stop favoring its own advertising technology services.
"This is on top of the many other Fines and Taxes that have been issued against Google and other American Tech Companies, in particular,” Trump posted on social media. "Very unfair, and the American Taxpayer will not stand for it! As I have said before, my Administration will NOT allow these discriminatory actions to stand.”
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