While the U.S. Congress talks about reining in big tech companies, Europe is taking action. Add Amazon as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Amazon news, video, and analysis from ABC News. In addition to selling its own products, Amazon allows third-party retailers to sell their goods through its site. Other EU countries like Austria, Luxembourg and Italy are also independently investigating Amazon but EU spokeswoman Lucia Caudet said the national probes did not overlap with the EU investigation. France has tried to address the problem by unilaterally proposing a 3% tax on big tech companies' revenue in the country.

Source: ABC News July 17, 2019 10:06 UTC