March 4 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google met with

President Donald Trump's government last week and urged them to

back away from a push to break up the search engine company,

according to a person familiar with the matter.

The U.S. Department of Justice is currently pursuing two

anti-monopoly cases against Google - one over search and another

over advertising technology.

"We routinely meet with regulators, including with the DOJ

to discuss this case. As we've publicly said, we're concerned

the current proposals would harm the American economy and

national security," a Google spokesperson said.

The DOJ did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for

comment.

The department has laid out potential remedies in the search

case, including making Google divest parts of its business such

as the Chrome Web browser and ending agreements that make it the

default search engine on devices like Apple's iPhone.

The trial over which of the remedies are appropriate is

scheduled to take place in April, with a final ruling expected

in August.

President Trump is expected to dial back on some of the

antitrust policies pursued under the former President Joe

Biden's administration, potentially including a bid to break up

Google over its dominance in online search, industry experts

have said.