Google has pushed back against a new proposal that may force the tech giant to sell Chrome, the world’s biggest web browser.

The proposal, from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will be sent to a judge this week, and will consider if Google’s continued ownership of Chrome would make it a monopoly.

Google has already been ruled to operate a monopoly of online search by US judge Amit Mehta back in August, who is now considering how the company can be allowed to move forward.

The tech giant, which operates the world’s largest search engine, the world’s most popular web browser, manufactures smart phones, app stores, has a cloud subsidiary, and offers a suit of software applications, is vehemently against the proposal.

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

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

According to the proposal, which was first reported on by Bloomberg, Google will also be required to create new measures around its use of data, its Android operating systems, and its AI.

Google’s search has cornered about 90% of the market, and is the default search engine on Chrome and Safari. Chrome has so far come out on top in terms of web browsers, with nearly two thirds of the market.

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Following the ruling in August, the DOJ is expected to release its proposed remedies on Wednesday.

In October it was revealed that the government body was considering breaking up Google’s many ventures to decrease its monopolistic hold across the tech sphere.

Google has said that the proposed splitting would “break them”, as in, would hurt the company and their products if they were forced to split.

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

The company also claims that the proposed split would make it harder to secure Chrome.