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UK antitrust regulator faces acid test of government’s ‘steer’ to promote growth

By Simon Zekaria ( September 2, 2025, 15:02 GMT | Comment) -- The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is to decide next month if it will confirm its intent to designate certain Google and Apple services as having "strategic market status" as it exercises new powers to enforce digital markets. But its appetite for enforcement is complicated by government pressure to prioritize economic growth, and the US tech giants have seized on that agenda to warn against clipping their wings. The CMA may struggle both to defend competition and boost competitiveness.Google and Apple have deadlines looming for final decisions by the UK antitrust regulator on subjecting them to the most stringent curbs on their market power in respect of certain services....

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