Antitrust
The Chamber advocates for antitrust laws that benefit all consumers and businesses and do not target specific companies or industries.
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Antitrust laws ensure competition in free and open markets, which is the foundation of any vibrant, diverse, and dynamic economy. Healthy market competition benefits consumers through lower prices, higher quality products and services, more choices, and greater innovation.
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- Chambers of Commerce2026 Midwest InstituteLive Now10:00 AM EDT - 11:30 AM EDTHybridLearn More
- Finance2026 U.S. Chamber Capital Markets SummitTuesday, June 0909:00 AM EDT - 04:00 PM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- Security and ResilienceU.S. Chamber of Commerce Critical Minerals Summit 2026Thursday, June 1108:30 AM EDT - 01:30 PM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
Latest Content
- This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.The Fifth Circuit's decision to vacate the FTC's cease-and-desist order marks a pivotal shift in reshaping the FTC's enforcement model and emphasizing the need for constitutional adherence and procedural fairness.The FTC’s proposed MLM earnings claims regulation may miss the mark, imposing unnecessary costs on legitimate businesses while overlooking better solutions to protect consumers and support entrepreneurship.Strict enforcement of the Robinson‑Patman Act pushes companies to avoid price discrimination by standardizing—and often raising—prices across channels, which ultimately leads consumers to pay more rather than less.The Chamber contributed our views on HM Government’s open consultation on the UK’s competition regime.We asked our panel if recent corporate structure without the need for HSR-reportable filing are of concern to competition enforcement.The Robinson‑Patman Act was enacted in 1936 during the Great Depression to prevent large companies from using discriminatory pricing to undercut smaller competitors.As some policymakers push to revive aggressive enforcement of the Robinson‑Patman Act—a 1936 law that restricts price differences between purchasers—Congress should firmly reject these efforts and instead allow modern, pro‑consumer pricing practices that promote competition and lower prices.The FTC's advice on merger challenges needs to be codified in Congress by enacting the SMARTER ACT.With the Robinson-Patman theories of harm under possible investigation, we investigated what our panel thought of the antitrust issue of price discrimination.
