China responds to tariffs with antitrust investigations of Google, Nvidia
by Zijing Wu, Cheng Leng, Ryan McMorrow, and Tim Brad from Ars Technica - All content on (#6V1Q2)
China has revived antitrust investigations into Google and Nvidia, while considering a new probe against Intel, as Beijing looks for leverage in talks with US President Donald Trump.
China's State Administration for Market Regulation announced on Tuesday that it had opened a competition investigation into Google, which two people familiar with the matter said would focus on dominance of the US group's Android operating system and any harm caused to Chinese phonemakers, such as Oppo and Xiaomi, which use the software.
Chinese regulators, who announced a similar antitrust investigation into Nvidia in December, were now also looking at launching a formal probe into Intel, said two people familiar with the situation.