Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Fine Could Be the First of Many

> The action shows that the “halo effect” of America’s big tech companies is completely busted in the time of President Donald Trump. Regulators are going to treat America’s tech monopolies the same way they’d treat Russian or Chinese monopolies, as unwanted foreign advances.

> If America is no longer Europe’s ally, why should Europe go easy on any of these questions? Europe is American tech’s biggest overseas market, so what are these companies worth now?

Interesting questions in an interesting time.