Trump warns Google after Treasury chief says no concerns on China

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday stored up his stress on world tech large Google days after his Treasury secretary dominated out any nationwide safety concerns over the corporate’s work in China.

Trump, in a tweet, didn’t provide any proof of an issue with Google’s enterprise in China however mentioned if there have been any points, his administration would discover out about it.

On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin mentioned he and Trump had each had direct talks with Google’s chief govt and have been assured that the tech firm’s work with China was “very, very limited.”

“The president and I did diligence on this issue, and we’re not aware of any areas where Google working with the Chinese government in a way that in any way raises concerns,” Mnuchin informed CNBC in an interview. “Google is an American company that wants to help out the U.S.”

Trump has repeatedly slammed U.S. expertise firms, together with Google, and alleged with out providing any proof that they’ve discriminated towards him and fellow conservatives. He met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai at a White House assembly on Monday with various different prime tech executives.

“There may or may not be National Security concerns with regard to Google and their relationship with China. If there is a problem, we will find out about it. I sincerely hope there is not!!!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, declined to remark. Earlier this month, the corporate’s prime authorities affairs official mentioned at a U.S. Senate listening to that it did little enterprise in China.

“Fundamentally in China we actually do very little today, certainly compared to any other major technology company,” mentioned Karan Bhatia, vice chairman for presidency affairs and public coverage.

Alphabet shares rose 11% in noon buying and selling on its sturdy earnings outcomes launched Thursday.