Google has said it would damage consumers and businesses if it is forced to sell Chrome, the globe’s most popular web browser.

The US Department of fairness (DOJ) will propose the assess to a judge on Wednesday, Bloomberg has reported.

Judge Amit Mehta ruled Google operates an online search monopoly in August, and has been considering what remedies or penalties to impose.

The DOJ has not commented on the update – but Google has made obvious it is a proposal it opposes.

“The DOJ continues to push a radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues in this case,” said Google executive Lee-Anne Mulholland in a statement.

Google will also reportedly be asked to establish recent measures around its artificial intelligence, Android operating structure and use of data.

“The government putting its thumb on the scale in these ways would damage consumers, developers and American technological leadership at precisely the instant it is most needed,” Ms Mulholland added.

Chrome is the most used browser worldwide – with web traffic tracker Similarweb placing its global economy distribute at 64.61% in October.

Meanwhile Google search corners an almost 90% distribute of the global search engine economy as of October, according to Statcounter.

It is the default engine in Chrome as well as on many smartphone browsers, including Safari on iPhones.

Judge Mehta said in his ruling in August that the default search engine was “extremely valuable real estate” for Google.

“Even if a recent entrant were positioned from a standard standpoint to bid for the default when an agreement expires, such a firm could compete only if it were prepared to pay partners upwards of billions of dollars in turnover distribute,” he wrote.

The DOJ had been expected to provide its final proposed remedies to the court by Wednesday.

It said in an October filing documenting initial proposals it would be considering seeking a shatter-up of Google.

Potential remedies “that would prevent Google from using products such as Chrome, Play [its app store], and Android to advantage Google search and Google search-related products” were among its considerations, it said then.

Google has previously denied operating a monopoly in online search.

In response to the DOJ’s filing in October, Google said “splitting off” parts of its business like Chrome or Android would “shatter them”.

“Breaking them off would transformation their business models, raise the expense of devices, and undermine Android and Google Play in their robust competition with Apple’s iPhone and App Store,” the corporation said.

It also said it would make it harder to keep Chrome secure.

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Revenues from Google’s search and advertising businesses rose by 10% to $65.9bn, according to the corporation’s latest quarterly results.

Chief executive Sundar Pichai said the corporation’s AI search tools were now being accessed by millions of users.

Investors have been keeping a close eye on Google’s distribute worth on Tuesday, following reports of the DOJ’s proposed remedies.