State Attorneys General are Right to Fight Private Equity’s Kroger-Albertsons Scheme
November 2, 2022 — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to a federal lawsuit filed by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, which was joined by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and a state lawsuit filed by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson that ask courts to stop Albertsons from paying a $4 billion special dividend to its shareholder — which are majority private equity firms — ahead of a proposed merger with Krogers.
POLITICO Morning Tech: Fight heats up over tech lobby effort to ‘hijack’ trade deals
November 2, 2022 — POLITICO Morning Tech exclusively covered the release of Rethink Trade's new report, “Digital Trade” Doublespeak: Big Tech’s Hijack of Trade Lingo to Attack Anti-Monopoly and Competition Policies,” which analyzed dozens of submissions to the U.S. government that reveal a pattern of Big Tech interests trying to use trade policy to undermine countries’ anti-monopoly initiatives.
Washington Post: U.S. flights need more consumer protections. We should look to Europe.
November 2, 2022 — After the summer airline travel crisis, Economic Liberties' Senior Fellow for Aviation & Travel Bill McGee explained to The Washington Post why the U.S. should consider adopting European-style consumer protections for airline travelers.
TikTok Can’t Be Allowed To Claim Dominant Market Position in the U.S.
November 2, 2022 — Following a statement yesterday from Federal Communications Commissions Commissioner Brendan Carr urging the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to ban short form video app TikTok, the American Economic Liberties Project released a statement.
Economic Liberties Investigation Reveals How Big Tech Interests Hijack Trade Lingo & Enforcement Mechanisms to Attack Anti-Monopoly Initiatives Worldwide
November 2, 2022 — Big Tech interests have opened a new front in their attack against anti-monopoly policies worldwide by harnessing U.S. trade enforcement mechanisms to claim “discriminatory” treatment and urging trade penalties against countries adopting competition policies that may have a larger impact on dominant digital firms due to their size not their nationality.