Amid China’s retaliation to recently-announced U.S. tariffs, Intel may find itself in the hot seat with China’s regulators.
China is apparently considering an antitrust probe into semiconductor giant Intel, according to reporting from the Financial Times. This would be in addition to the set of tariffs against the U.S. that China announced on Monday. Per the FT, the country also reopened a long-dormant antitrust probe into Google in December, ahead of President Trump’s inauguration. Shortly after U.S. tariffs came into effect, China said that Google is suspected of violating China’s anti-monopoly law.
While Intel is based in the U.S., China is Intel’s largest market, and the company has testing and assembly facilities there. The company made 29% of its global revenue in China last year, which equates to $15.5 billion.
TechCrunch reached out to Intel for comment and will update if we hear back.
