New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- China announced on Tuesday that it has launched an antitrust investigation into Google for allegedly violating the country's anti-monopoly law. An official notice from China's State Administration for Market Regulation confirmed that the Android maker had been placed under investigation in accordance with the law.

Google is already under scrutiny for its monopolistic practices in several countries around the world, including its home country, where it lost a landmark case last year. However, the timing of China's announcement of the new action against Google is suspect, given that the investigation came shortly after the Trump administration's 10 percent tariffs on US goods went into effect.

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