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New row with US in sight as EU slaps Google with $1 billion fine | Daily Sabah
◆ Published
23 July 2026
◆ Topic
regulatory
◆ Geography
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The EU fined Google €890 million for illegally favouring its own services in search results and restricting app developers' ability to show consumers offers outside Google Play. The fines escalate US-EU trade tensions, with Washington threatening retaliatory action against what it views as discriminatory enforcement of the Digital Markets Act.
◆ The Wire takeaway
If you're building search, shopping, or app-distribution tools in Europe, Google's forced separation of its own services just created a customer that must buy from you. The DMA is now a real cost to incumbents—and a real market for challengers.
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◆ Topics
dma-enforcement · big-tech-antitrust · us-eu-trade-tension · search-defaults · app-store-rules