The European Union’s executive is planning a possible law to deal with complaints about unfair trading practices by leading online players such as Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O).The European Commission said on Wednesday in a mid-term review of its digital strategy that it would prepare an initiative by the end of the year to address unfair contractual clauses and trading practices in relations between platforms and businesses, prompting strong criticism from the tech industry.This follows on from EU proposals to remove barriers in online services to improve European companies’ chances of competing against U.S. tech giants like Google, Apple and Facebook (FB.O).European companies such as Spotify, Rocket Internet (RKET.DE) and Deezer (DZR.PA) have complained that online platforms – such as search engines and app stores – abuse their position as gateways to customers to promote their own services or impose imbalanced terms and conditions.
Källa: EU to tackle complaints over tech companies’ trading practices | Reuters
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