Google Withdrawal Threats Risk Antitrust Backlash, Vestager Says
- Warning follows tech giants’ push-back against Australian law
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European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager warned of potential antitrust action against Google or other U.S. technology giants if they threaten to pull out of markets.
Vestager told the European Parliament’s economy committee on Tuesday that there could be scope for “investigating if it’s actually legal for a dominant provider to stop supplying” services, adding that the EU “would have a number of tools to use.”