Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The move came in the wake of an executive order aimed in part at pressuring government contractors to scrap their DEI initiatives.

The Silicon Valley giant also said it was reviewing other diversity programs and initiatives and would update them if they seemed risky or ineffective.

China said Tuesday it has launched an antitrust investigation into Google, part of a swift retaliation after the U.S. president Donald Trump imposed a 10% China has launched an antitrust investigation into Google after the U.

China unveiled multiple countermeasures on Tuesday, immediately after new U.S. tariffs on its imports took effect. This marks the latest development in an escalating trade dispute that began with President Donald Trump’s weekend announcement of broad tariffs targeting multiple trading partners.