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.
New Evidence Exposes Another Way Live Nation-Ticketmaster Exploits Conflicts of Interest to Rake in Cash
March 29, 2024 — In response to a 2019 report released yesterday revealing new evidence of Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s abuse of monopoly power through the use of rebate schemes, the Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Colorado House Passage of Junk Fee Ban
March 25, 2024 — In response to news that the Colorado House passed HB24-1151, a ban on junk fees, in a 45-18 vote, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Apple Exploits Smartphone Monopoly to Chill Innovation, Lock In Consumers, and Keep Prices High, DOJ Suit Reveals
March 21, 2024 — In response to news that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and 16 State Attorneys General have filed an antitrust suit against Apple for monopolizing the smartphone market—raising prices for consumers and using anticompetitive tactics to box out competition—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
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.