The European Union tempts the wrath of President Trump as it presses on with plans to regulate big tech more firmly.

Live from the BBC World Service, this is the Marketplace Morning Report.

Will Bain in for Leanna Burn today.

Thanks as always for your company first thing in the morning.

Yeah, the Commission of the European Union, the 27 member nation blocs executive arm,

has charged Google's parent company Alphabet with breaking the EU Digital Markets Act.

It says Google's search engine drives users to its own services over rivals.

It also raised concerns about the Android Play Store

and is running a similar investigation into the dominance of Apple's App Store.

Sirajana, thanks for being with us.

Good morning.

So, President Trump has been very vocal about what he would do in terms of responses to what he sees a sort of unfair regulatory treatment to American companies in Europe.

And yet today, sounds like we're hearing from the European Union, they're going to press ahead with action against two of the biggest. There's two rulings here, really, to two

different companies. With regards to the Google case, that really centres on whether Google restricts

app developers from informing users about offers outside its app store, Google Play. It also says that Google favours its own services,

things like Google Shopping, Google Hotels and Google Flights.

Now, when it comes to the Apple orders that the Commission issued,

that accuses Apple of not opening its ecosystem up enough to its rivals.

The order asks Apple to give its rivals,

makers of smartphones, headphones and virtual reality headsets, for example, access to its technology and mobile operating system so that it can connect better with things like iPhones

and iPads. So is this about to get tense politically

quickly, do you sense? What is definitely clear is that the EU is very serious about cracking

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