The US state department has said a planned visit to North Korea by Google chairman Eric Schmidt is unhelpful.

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The EU and Korea are both investigating Google, and in the U.S., both the DOJ and the FTC are competing to lead a U.S. anti-monopolization investigation of Google.

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But he dismissed speculation that it was connected to the recent visit to North Korea by the head of Google, Eric Schmidt.

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