Charybdis: Google "knee" in China, the European Union, the United States antitrust "alignment arrows"-Google, anti-trust, the EU, the United States-IT information

On July 16, the roof leaking every sky rain, while Google's antitrust problems in Europe amid growing and, more recently, sources say, Google is now in the United States may also face greater domestic concern-the scrutiny of regulators.

According to people familiar with the matter said news United States Trade Commission (FTC) officials in recent weeks have met with several Internet travel and hotel company on Google related questions and collecting Google's possible move there is anti-competitive behavior, and business-related information.

Allegedly, these discussions with United States Trade Commission has long been concerned issues without resorting to actual action. Noted was that United States Trade Commission is collecting evidence to demonstrate support in the Google mobile search their list of categories, which harm the interests of consumers and competitors. In addition, the United States regulators want to know if Android mobile phones businesses forced to bundle mobile Google maps so that they get an advantage over competitors.

These rumours, United States Committee on trade and Google both declined to comment.

For now, the United States considered as the Alphabet and its parent company Google Safe Harbor. Earlier, the United States Trade Commission had been investigating Google, but Google agreed to adjust certain acts and was cancelled after allegations against search results, it also ceased its investigation of Google in early 2013.

However, in Europe, Google's situation is entirely different from the domestic. As part of a five-year investigation, the European Commission Thursday after two copies of the statement of objections was sent to Google, accused the company of "abuse of dominant market position."

The European Commission stressed the EU's position with respect to, that is, its results in the Google search results. In addition, the European Commission also claimed that Google limit the advertising of third party Web sites showing Google competitor.

Li maikeer·kalier, a Professor of antitrust law at Rutgers University in New Jersey (Michael Carrier), "said United States Trade Commission could be forced to again investigate Google, because they had already proved that a Google search is not present problems. Us in terms of time and money spent searching, it is an important issue. ”

Google and the Alphabet in the 10 weeks after the European Commission responded.

In a reply to Android was accused of blog articles, Google claimed that the company had to build a set of operating system, thereby allowing consumers to choose more affordable systems, but also gives manufacturers the option to install an external application in advance.

Google said, "we attach great importance to these concerns, but we also believe that our business model is to make manufacturers lower costs, and enhance their flexibility, but also to be able to give customers unprecedented control over their mobile devices. ”

In fact, prior to the recent announcement by EU antitrust investigation of Google, United States regulators had expressed intention. In May this year, networked media of the political news website (Politico) reports that United States Trade Commission officials are negotiating with the company to discuss the monopoly of Google in the search field. In April this year, the Wall Street Journal reported that United States Trade Commission officials have already met with a number of companies to discuss strategic issues related to Android.

Last month, the United States Senate yilishabai·wolun (Elizabeth Warren) fired in a speech in Washington on Google.

For a long time, Google has been working to respond to United States preparing antitrust lawsuit in the country. Data show that Google spent a lot of spending in the first quarter of this year to lobby Members, significantly higher than other technology companies. Tech blog Recode in April this year, according to a report, Google qiaoanna·xieerdun, head of public relations policy (Joanna Shelton) during Obama's tenure as United States President, has met with White House officials 128 times, far exceeding the United States telecommunications and cable industries total number of White House officials.

腹背受敌：谷歌“膝盖”中国、欧盟、美国反垄断“连珠箭” - 谷歌,反垄断,欧盟,美国 - IT资讯

7月16日，屋漏偏逢连天雨，正当谷歌在欧洲的反垄断问题愈演愈烈之际，最近又有消息称，谷歌如今在美国国内也可能面临更大的担忧——监管机构的严格审查。

据知情人士透露的消息，美国贸易委员会（FTC）的官员在最近几周内已经会晤了多家互联网旅游和酒店公司，探讨谷歌相关的问题，并搜集谷歌可能在移动业务方面存在反竞争行为等相关的信息。

据称，这些讨论与美国贸易委员会长期以来一直关注但没有诉诸实际行动的问题相关。特别指出的是，美国贸易委员会正在搜集证据，以此证明谷歌在移动搜索方面存在支持自身分类列表的行为，进而损害了消费者和竞争对手的利益。另外，美国监管机构还想知道Android手机商家是否被迫在手机中捆绑谷歌地图，从而让这些手机获得了比竞争对手更多的优势。

对于上述传闻，美国贸易委员会和谷歌方面目前均拒绝置评。

目前而言，美国算得上是谷歌及其母公司Alphabet的安全良港。此前，美国贸易委员会曾调查过谷歌，不过，在谷歌同意调整某些行为且被取消针对搜索结果的指控之后，该委员会也于2013年初停止了对谷歌的调查。

然而，在欧洲地区，谷歌的境遇则与国内大相径庭。作为五年调查的一部分，欧委会周四就向谷歌发送了两份反对声明，指控谷歌公司“滥用市场主导地位”。

欧委会强调了欧盟方面的立场，即谷歌在购物搜索结果中支持自身的结果。另外，欧委会还声称，谷歌限制第三方网站展示谷歌竞争对手的广告。

新泽西州立罗格斯大学反垄断法教授迈克尔·卡里尔（Michael Carrier）表示，“美国贸易委员会可能会被迫再度调查谷歌，因为他们此前已经证明谷歌搜索不存在问题。就我们所有人在搜索方面花费的时代和金钱而言，这的确是一个重要的问题。”

谷歌和Alphabet需在10周后对欧委会作出回复。

在一篇回复Android被指控的博客文章中，谷歌声称，该公司已经打造了一套操作系统，从而让消费者能够选择更加廉价的系统，同时也可以让制造商选择预先安装外部应用。

谷歌声称，“我们高度重视这些担忧，但是我们也相信，我们的业务模式是为了让制造商成本更低，并提升他们的灵活性，同时还要能够让消费者史无前例地控制他们的移动设备。”

事实上，在欧盟最近宣布对谷歌展开反垄断调查之前，美国监管机构似乎就已经表示出相关的意向。今年5月，网络媒体《政治新闻网站》(Politico)报道称，美国贸易委员会官员正在与一家公司谈判，商讨谷歌在搜索领域的垄断事宜。而在今年4月，《华尔街日报》也报道，称美国贸易委员会的官员已经会晤多家公司商谈Android相关的战略问题。

上个月，美国参议员伊利莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）在华盛顿发表演讲中对谷歌开炮。

长期以来，谷歌一直在为应对美国国内的反垄断官司而做准备。数据显示，谷歌公司今年第一季度花费了大量开支来游说国议员，金额大大高于其它科技公司。科技博客Recode今年4月的一篇报道称，谷歌公关政策负责人乔安娜·谢尔顿（Joanna Shelton）在奥巴马担任美国总统期间，共会晤白宫官员128次，大大超过美国电信和有线行业拜访白宫官员的总次数。