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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- Our experts weigh in ahead of a Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing, where FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador are expected to testify.Answering antitrust’s challenges one question at a time.The FTC’s now-dismissed case against PepsiCo underscores why reviving aggressive Robinson-Patman enforcement is misguided: it politicizes antitrust, discourages pro-consumer discounting, and is more likely to raise prices and reduce choice.Our panel commented on proposed legislation in California that subjects individual companies to antitrust liability for engaging in "restraints of trade," regardless of whether they hold any form of market power.The FTC's past approaches to Section 5 authority have continuously failed. A new Chamber paper proposes a different path forward.Renewed enforcement of the Robinson‑Patman Act would raise prices, hurt low‑income consumers, and still fail to help small businesses.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.
