BRUSSELS—The European Union charged Amazon with damaging retail competition, alleging on Tuesday that the U.S. company uses its size, power, and data to gain an unfair advantage over smaller merchants that sell on its online platform.
The move by Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, the latest European salvo against U.S. tech giants, comes at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified Amazon’s role in the global economy, with online sales soaring in lockdowns.
