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The penalty risks inflaming tensions with US President Donald Trump

Spanish minister Teresa Ribera

Spanish minister Teresa Ribera

Google has been fined almost €3bn by the European Union and ordered to stop favouring its own advertising technology services, in a move that risks further inflaming tensions with US President Donald Trump.

The European Commission said that Google had abused its dominance by giving its own ad exchanges a competitive advantage over rivals, and that it must bring the practices to an end.