EU trade chief stalls Google fine after Trump threats

The EU’s trade chief insisted Wednesday he fully backed the bloc’s antitrust probe into Google after it emerged he hit pause on plans to fine the tech giant — seemingly for fear of US retaliation.

An EU official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, told AFP that a political battle had broken out inside the bloc’s executive after trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic this week delayed punishing the US behemoth.

“Sefcovic hit the red button” on the planned fine when it was put forward for approval on Monday, the official…