Although antitrust investigations are not unique to China – the US, the EU and the UK have all launched their own probes into many American and international tech giants – the timing coincides with heated tensions between the US and China, following months of increasing restrictions on Chinese access to US AI and advanced technologies.
Google, Nvidia and Intel could all see new China antitrust cases China ups the ante on the US trade war.
Chinese antitrust regulators have reportedly reopened probes into US tech giants Google and Nvidia, with Intel also potentially facing an investigation.
The news comes after President Trump introduced an additional 10% tariff on imports coming from China – the People's Republic retaliated with its own import tariffs on goods received from the US.
Antitrust investigators are reportedly examining whether the Android operating system harms Chinese smartphone makers like Oppo and Xiaomi, according to sources familiar with the matter (via The Financial Times).
