Antitrust
The Chamber advocates for antitrust laws that benefit all consumers and businesses and do not target specific companies or industries.
New report
U.S. legislative proposals could undermine U.S. economic and security interests and strengthen foreign rivals without any apparent benefit to U.S. consumers.
Feature story
The Chamber is proposing simple, yet effective, changes to the FTC's recusal process to ensure due process and transparency.
Our Work
Antitrust laws ensure competition in free and open markets, which is the foundation of any vibrant, diverse, and dynamic economy. Healthy market competition benefits consumers through lower prices, higher quality products and services, more choices, and greater innovation.
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Latest Content
The Chamber welcomes updates to the merger guidelines but warns against attempts to rewrite antitrust law.
Left unchecked, government overreach will slow innovation, deteriorate the dynamism of the American economy, and give American entrepreneurs fewer choices to start, grow, or sell their companies in a hyper-competitive global marketplace.
Before such drastic changes are made to America's antitrust laws, it’s important to understand the benefits of merger activity for consumers and the economy as well as the government’s highly successful track record in challenging problematic mergers.
This whitepaper examines how recent antitrust proposals could do more to harm than help American consumers and workers.
This Hill letter was sent to Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on S. 3586, the Ocean Shipping Competition Reform Act of 2022.
Industrial concentration is a myth that underpins the administration's executive order on competition, its narrative around inflation and serves as its excuse to overregulate. America is home to the world's most vibrant and dynamic economy thanks to vigorous competition in the marketplace that drives new ideas and innovative products and services for consumers.
This whitepaper analyzes U.S. economic census data to empirically expose the faulty premise that underlies the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.
Chamber’s Bradley: “Industrial concentration is a myth that underpins the administration's executive order on competition, its narrative around inflation, and serves as its excuse to overregulate."
The FTC should have the authority to seek compensation for consumers harmed by unfair practices, but that compensation should remain focused on the actual harm.
This report outlines approaches Congress should take as it considers changes to the FTC’s monetary toolkit in order to protect consumers and preserve a healthy competitive landscape.