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.
Events
- Small BusinessC-Suite to Main Street: Building the Network That Builds Your BusinessThursday, April 1612:00 PM EDT - 12:30 PM EDTVirtualLearn More
- Intellectual PropertyGlobal IP SummitTuesday, April 2111:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- Small BusinessSmall Business Grant Program AwardsWednesday, April 2909:00 AM EDT - 09:00 AM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
Latest Content
- Renewed enforcement of the Robinson‑Patman Act would raise prices, hurt low‑income consumers, and still fail to help small businesses.A new paper warns of the harms the revival of strict enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act can have on both consumers and 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.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.Answering antitrust’s challenges one question at a time.The Robinson‑Patman Act was enacted in 1936 during the Great Depression to prevent large companies from using discriminatory pricing to undercut smaller competitors.
