Google (GOOGL.US) strongly opposes the breakup proposal and requests the DOJ to reconsider its stance.

Google (GOOGL.US) is urging the Trump administration's Department of Justice to avoid breaking up the search engine company, according to people familiar with the matter, who said the company met with Justice Department officials last week.

The Justice Department is investigating two antitrust cases against Google, one involving its search engine business and the other in the advertising technology sector.

A Google spokesperson said: "We regularly meet with regulators, including the Department of Justice about this case. As we have publicly stated, we are concerned that the current proposal could harm the US economy and national security."

Last year, the Justice Department said it might ask a judge to force Google to divest some of its businesses, such as its Chrome browser and Android operating system, arguing that Google used those businesses to maintain an illegal monopoly in online search.

The Justice Department is also considering both behavioural and structural remedies to prevent Google from using its Chrome, Play and Android products to gain an unfair advantage in its search engine and related products and features, including emerging search access points and features such as artificial intelligence, to stifle competitors or new entrants.

It is understood that a federal judge will rule next month on how Google must change its business practices, and the two sides will submit their final proposals to the judge on Friday.