Washington, D.C. — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s threat to sue the FTC in mid-March.

“Let’s be clear about what this is: A front group controlled by Big Tech CEOs is trying to bully antitrust enforcers. It won’t work,” said Sarah Miller, Executive Director of the American Economic Liberties Project. “This is part of a smear campaign by the Chamber to undermine the FTC, including the commission’s new transparency efforts led by Chair Lina Khan. For the first time in decades, the FTC is holding commission meetings open to the public, with small business owners testifying on the damaging power of monopolies. That’s exactly the transparency Big Tech CEOs want to fight against.”

The Federal Trade Commission, led by Chair Lina Khan, has entered a new era of more effective, modern, and democratic enforcement to better protect consumers, workers, and independent businesses.  Learn more about how the FTC now better protects American families and honest businesses with stronger law enforcement here. FTC Chair Khan has also ushered in a new era of democratization and consensus-building, delivering multiple high-profile unanimous votes. Learn more about the FTC’s efforts to democratize the commission here. 

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.