Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) met with President Donald Trump’s government last week and urged them to back away from a push to break up the search engine company, according to a person familiar with the matter. The US Department of Justice is currently pursuing two anti-monopoly cases against Google – one over search and another over […]
Google met with the Trump administration urging them to halt efforts to break up the company amid two antitrust cases pursued by the Department of Justice. Potential remedies include Google divesting Chrome and ending default search engine agreements. A trial is scheduled for April, with a final ruling expected in August. There is speculation that the Trump administration may ease antitrust policies pursued by the Biden administration.
