Economic Liberties Applauds Minnesota House Passage of Junk Fee Ban
April 11, 2024 — In response to news that the Minnesota House of Representatives has passed HF 3438, a ban on junk fees, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
USTR’s 2024 Trade Barrier Report Makes U.S. Trade Policy More Consistent with Congressional, Administration Domestic Policy Goals
March 29, 2024 — American Economic Liberties Project (AELP) appreciates the Biden administration’s ongoing effort to make U.S. trade policy consistent with the Biden administration’s competition and other pro-worker and pro-consumer goals and policies, which today’s 2024 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report reflects.
FTC Supply Chain Study Shows Why We Need to Enforce Robinson-Patman Act
March 21, 2024 — In response to the release of the results from a 6(b) study from the Federal Trade Commission on the supply chain practices of large grocery retailers and food producers, examining whether those firms are charging different prices to small firms compared to big ones, or giving preferential access to supplies in shortage to big customers versus small ones, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
The “One Agency Act” is a Dangerous Rollback of Antitrust Law
March 21, 2024 — Ahead of a mark up session in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee today that includes the “The One Agency Act,” a bill that would essentially fold the FTC’s competition authorities into the DOJ Antitrust Division, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Capital One-Discover Faces Daunting Regulatory Gauntlet, New Transaction Analysis Finds
March 21, 2024 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released a new brief “Capital One-Discover: A Competition Policy and Regulatory Deep Dive,” which provides new analysis of the market dynamics at play in the transaction and examines how the proposed acquisition may fare under review from antitrust enforcement and bank regulatory agencies.