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China targets Google, Nvidia and Intel as Trump tariffs chunk
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China has revived antitrust investigations into Google and Nvidia, whereas contemplating a brand new probe towards Intel, as Beijing seems for leverage in talks with US President Donald Trump.

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation introduced on Tuesday that it had opened a contest investigation into Google, which two folks accustomed to the matter mentioned would give attention to dominance of the US group’s Android working system and any hurt prompted to Chinese language phonemakers, akin to Oppo and Xiaomi, which use the software program.

Chinese language regulators, who introduced an identical antitrust investigation into Nvidia in December, had been now additionally taking a look at launching a proper probe into Intel, mentioned two folks accustomed to the state of affairs.

Nevertheless, the character of the probe into the US chipmaker remained unclear, one of many folks mentioned, including whether or not it was formally launched could possibly be affected by the state of US-China relations. President Xi Jinping is anticipated to talk to Trump within the coming days.

The tech investigations “may be part of the retaliatory measures”, made by China in response to Trump’s new tariffs towards the nation, mentioned Liu Xu, a researcher on the Nationwide Technique Institute of Tsinghua College.

Xu added that utilizing antitrust investigations as a device in commerce negotiations won’t be one of the simplest ways to guard Chinese language corporations hit by US tariffs. “It would inevitably spark controversy,” he mentioned.

Beijing’s scramble to construct instances towards distinguished US tech corporations comes as they’re more and more caught within the crossfire of rising tensions between the 2 world powers.

The Google probe, which regulators first started in 2019, had been shelved for years, however was reopened in December, in keeping with two folks accustomed to the matter. That transfer got here simply earlier than Trump was sworn in as US president, who had run an election marketing campaign vowing to impose steep tariffs towards Chinese language items.

Given new urgency to launch the probe, SAMR regulators visited Google’s Beijing workplace in January earlier than Trump got here into workplace and demanded associated data to be handed over, in keeping with the folks.

The outgoing Biden administration additionally used its ultimate months to step up export controls on superior chips, in search of to curb China’s rising AI capabilities.

Throughout this era, SAMR introduced in December it was investigating claims about Nvidia violating commitments made throughout its 2019 acquisition of Mellanox Applied sciences, an Israeli firm that makes laptop networking gear.

SAMR accredited the acquisition in 2020 with situations to forestall anti-competitive practices and guarantee provides to China, and shortly thereafter started to quietly acquire complaints from trade, in keeping with an individual accustomed to the matter.

The probe got here as a shock to Nvidia, the world’s largest maker of superior AI semiconductors.

Days earlier than the SAMR announcement, Nvidia’s executives met officers at China’s Ministry of Commerce to debate the $2.9tn chipmaker’s operations in its second-biggest market exterior the US, in keeping with two folks with data of the assembly.

A kind of folks mentioned the commerce officers suggested: “Nvidia is welcome to continue growing its business in China.” The nation represented 13 per cent of its world gross sales throughout the first three-quarters of 2024, in keeping with firm filings.

The antitrust investigations into giant US tech corporations may result in fines linked to the businesses’ world revenues, or dropping sure market entry in one in every of their largest worldwide markets.

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China targets Google, Nvidia and Intel as Trump tariffs chunk

China is Intel’s largest market worldwide, surpassing the US. The California-based chipmaker recorded $15.5bn gross sales within the nation in 2024, accounting for 29 per cent of its world income, in keeping with firm filings.

Whereas Google’s search engine is blocked in China, together with most of its mother or father firm Alphabet’s companies, the US firm earnings from Chinese language companies promoting overseas. Chinese language phonemakers additionally largely use its Android working system.

Alphabet doesn’t escape its income from China, however the Asia-Pacific area contributed 17 per cent of gross sales in 2023.

Google and Nvidia declined to remark. Intel didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark. Beijing-based Mofcom and SAMR didn’t reply to faxed questions requesting remark exterior working hours.

Extra reporting from Wenjie Ding in Beijing

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