Attended a hearing of four US IT companies, including Apple Google, on July 29, 6:45
On the 29th, the leaders of four American IT companies, including Apple and Google, who are also known as "tech giants" who have made huge profits based on a wealth of funds and data, will attend the parliamentary hearing. This is part of a survey on antitrust law, which is equivalent to Japan's antitrust law, but attention is focused on the remark that the US economy is rapidly deteriorating due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
The four people attending the hearing are Amazon.com's Bezos CEO, Apple's Cook CEO, Google's Pichai CEO, and Facebook's Zuckerberg CEO.
In the United States, criticism that these giant companies are using monopoly positions to prevent proper competition is increasing, and the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives is an act that violates the antitrust law equivalent to Japan's antitrust law. We are investigating whether there was any.
This hearing is part of this survey, but since Amazon's Mr. Bezos has indicated his intention to attend, it is being watched as "this is the first time we have four people."
In this situation, it is likely that parliamentarians will continue to face severe questions as to whether they are imposing unfavorable conditions on their business partners or whether they are holding technology and data and hindering technological innovation.
In Japan, four companies, also called GAFA, are making huge profits even when the US economy is rapidly deteriorating due to the spread of the new virus, and what to say about the economic recovery and economic outlook Interest is growing.