India to Italy, Amazon's everything store is everyone's antitrust target

Italy is probing the e-commerce giant over restrictions on sales of Apple products, while India is investigating the company over exclusive arrangements with mobile phone brands.

Amazon.com Inc. is finding that it doesn’t have a safe space.

The European Union said Tuesday that Amazon is likely breaching antitrust rules by misusing the data of independent sellers, and also said the retailer may be favoring its own products and those of marketplace traders who use its logistics. The allegations come as President Donald Trump has targeted the company, and a change in American administrations may not ease the attacks.

The world’s biggest online retailer is becoming a global punching bag for regulators even as its sales soar during a pandemic that’s shut many brick-and-mortar stores. The EU’s announcement is