Brussels is pressing ahead with regulatory action against Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) under landmark legislation designed to expose the groups to new competition, despite tensions with President Donald Trump over the EU’s tough regulation of U.S. big tech companies, Financial Times’ Barbara Moens reports. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, on Wednesday charged Google’s parent company Alphabet (GOOG) with breaking the Digital Markets Act. The commission on Wednesday also ordered Apple to open up its operating systems more to connected devices, such as smartwatches or headphones from other brands, the author notes.
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