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Google has asked the Donald Trump administration to withdraw the forced sale of the web browser “Chrome” proposed by the previous government to resolve the monopoly of the search market.
Citing multiple sources, Bloomberg reported on the 4th (local time) that senior Google executives under Alphabet met with Trump administration officials last week and asked them to withdraw their plan to force the sale of Chrome. Considering Google’s share of the U.S. economy and national security, it is argued that the level of regulation should be more moderate.
“We meet regularly with regulators, including the Department of Justice, to discuss the issue,” Google spokesman Peter Shortenfels said in a statement. “As stated publicly, we are concerned that the current proposal will harm the U.S. economy and national security.”
In August last year, a U.S. federal court ruled that Google illegally maintains a monopoly in the online search market. Since then, the Justice Department has proposed to the court a measure to stop the practice of forcing the sale of Chrome and paying billions of dollars in exclusive down payments to companies such as Apple. Google is seeking its own solution in opposition to this. Both Google and the U.S. Department of Justice are scheduled to submit their final proposals to the court on the 7th.