China returns to Trump’s rates with Google Antitrust of Research

China said Tuesday that has He launched an antitrust investigation in GooglePart of a rapid retaliation after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, imposed a 10% rate on Chinese goods.

China’s state administration research for market regulation will examine the alleged monopolistic practices of the American technological giant, which has had its search for search and internet services in China since 2010, but maintains operations there mainly focused on advertising.

“Because it is suspected that Google violates the antimonopoly law of the Popular Republic of China, the State Administration for market regulation has launched an investigation into Google in accordance with the law,” reads the version translated into English in English of The Declaration of the Administration.

Beijing also hit US coal and liquefied natural gas exports with a 15% tax and imposed a 10% rate on oil and agricultural equipment. The Chinese authorities also added to the owner of Calvin Klein PVH Corp. and the Illumina Genes Sequencing Company to a list of restricted entities, while implementing new export controls in materials related to Tungsten.

Trump’s tariffs, which justified in response to Beijing’s failure to prevent illegal drug flow, revived commercial tensions among the world’s largest economies, just like relationships seemed to stabilize.

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