Top economic advisers to President Joe Biden say that the administration’s antitrust agenda seeks to rebuild the economy with a focus on local, small-business growth and higher worker wages while tackling major issues of the current economy, specifically inflation and supply chain backups.

White House policies that have flowed from a July executive order on business competition will be used to investigate the consolidation in supply chain markets, including shipping and freight rail, and in the meat processing industry, which has caused consumers to take an inflation hit at the supermarket, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese said Thursday at a virtual town hall for small business organizations hosted by the American Economic Liberties Project, a nonprofit that advocates for pro-competition policy.