Google Warns Breaking Up Its Monopoly Would Harm U.S. in ‘Global Race with China’

The remedies trial to address Google’s search monopoly verdict began Monday in Washington, D.C., with the company arguing that a breakup proposed by the DOJ would put the United States at a disadvantage in the global race for technological supremacy, particularly against China.

CNBC reports that as Google faces the consequences of an August ruling that found the company held an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search, the tech giant is pushing back against the DOJ’s proposed remedies. In a blog post, Google Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Lee-Anne Mulholland stated that the DOJ’s proposal to divest the company’s Chrome browser unit and open its search data to rivals would “hamstring how we develop AI, and have a government-appointed committee regulate the

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