The Chinese government announced on Tuesday that it opens an investigation Google In response to 10 percent of the customs tariff imposed on Chinese imports by US President Donald Trump. minutes After definitions It entered into force, the state administration in China to regulate the market was investigating the American technology giant to violate the country’s anti -pregnancy law.
The Chinese government may have been chosen strategically to pursue Google because it has limited operations in the country, ensuring that the blow to the American technology giant will be relatively small. This step gives China a lot of escalation if the Trump administration announces more definitions or other commercial measures. Google refused to comment.
China has also announced that it places more restrictions on selling some important minerals such as tungsten and slapping additional definitions on agricultural equipment, captured trucks, natural gas, coal and other goods from the United States. While the United States does not depend on China for all affected minerals, the country controls the majority of Tungstin supplies in the world, which are used in light bulbs, semiconductors, and ammunition.
“China’s position is constant and consistent. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in A. statement Sunday shortly after announcing the definitions. “This step cannot solve US problems at home, and most importantly, do not benefit both sides, still less than the world.”
China has kept Google at its intersection during the ongoing trade war with the United States over the past few years. In 2020, the government is said It is considered the opening According to Reuters. The deliberations followed a complaint from the Chinese communications giant Huawei, which was targeted by Trump during his first term.
Because of the US sanctions, Huawei is unable to use American -made programs such as Google Mobile Services, a group of tools widely used through the smartphone industry. The restrictions were forced to develop the company His operating system Harmoni is called OS.
But most smartphones All over the world is still running On Android, which sparked competition investigations in a number of countries, some of which led to Concession changes Designed to grant consumers and applications more options and low fees. In China, several Smart phone makers Continue to rely on an open source version of Android.
Last December, the Chinese authorities also opened an achievement to combat pregnancy in NVIDIA, the chips maker who plays the treatment of graphics an important role in the development of artificial intelligence and became a An important source From trade between the United States and China. This announcement came shortly after the Biden administration I stressed as well China’s arrival in high -end connectors.
About 15 years ago, Google Stop A search experience designed for China after a series of Chinese government associated Electronic attacks Against it and other American companies. Google Discuss Re -introducing China with a search engine for Seven years agoBut the project It was Scuttled After protests from some employees interested in supporting Chinese monitoring and control.
Google also stopped direct sale Cloud techniques in ChinaSince local laws can threaten assurances of the privacy and security they provide to customers in other markets. Other Google Services Like YouTube It is blocked by Chinese Internet organizers.
China allowed local companies to buy ads through Google so that they can market customers abroad. But revenues from these deals are relatively small, and China did not mention Alphabet in the mother company The annual financial report last year. This contradicts the definition, Any lists China is among its largest markets in terms of the advertiser and said last year that advertisers are based in China It represents 10 percent of its annual revenues.
