CMA chief calls for constructive engagement with US tech giants

Chief executive stresses “fines are a last resort.”

Sarah Cardell, the chief executive of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said she would try to “engage” with US tech giants as the agency investigates UK market practices of firms such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple.

The UK regulator is currently looking into whether these firms

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