After China announced tariffs, and a renewed antitrust probe into Google, it appears that Intel could be regulator's next target.

Intel could be collateral damage in the Trump administration’s nascent trade war, with the Financial Times reporting that China is contemplating an antitrust investigation of the chipmaker.

TMTPOST — China has reopened its antitrust investigations into Google and Nvidia for potential violations of competition laws and is considering launching a similar probe against Intel, The Financial Times (FT) reported.

China wants to know if Google’s Android OS is harming its smartphone market Nvidia under fire following its acquisition of Mellanox Technologies Intel dominates the Chinese CPU market Chinese antitrust regulators have reportedly reopened probes into US tech giants Google and Nvidia,

China has revived antitrust investigations into Google and Nvidia, while considering a new probe against Intel, as Beijing looks for leverage in talks with US President Donald Trump.

The quarter before, for instance, Alphabet beat Wall Street’s EPS estimates by nearly 15 percent, as the chart below from Public.com illustrates.  Notably, Alphabet also announced $75 billion in capital expenditures for 2025 to continue investing in artificial intelligence.

China's antitrust investigation into Google, which does not offer most of its consumer-facing services including search and email in the country, seems to make little sense on the surface, but analysts said the move could be seen as a warning shot to the US and a threat to the Android operating system.

Chinese regulators revived their antitrust investigation into Google, following a similar probe into Nvidia announced in December 2024. The move came after Washington imposed tighter restrictions on Nvidia's advanced chips,