WASHINGTON, D.C. (3/21/2025) – A piece by The Wall Street Journal editorial board urged Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson to reject harmful anti-consumer, anti-innovation antitrust policies, “and refocus on the agency’s mission of protecting consumers.”
The editorial echoes comments from other tech industry and competition policy experts. CCIA President and CEO Matt Schruers has “urged the FTC to pursue an enforcement agenda focused on advancing consumer welfare and consumer protection.”
Former FTC Commissioner Joshua Phillips has commented that harmful antitrust policies risk “pulling the rug out from under honest businesses.” Similarly, Former FTC Chair Maureen Ohlhausen has warned that overregulation “reduces certainty” in the marketplace.
Excerpts from The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board include:
“At a recent hearing in a separate lawsuit against Amazon, the judge grilled an FTC lawyer over the agency’s narrow definition of the market in which Amazon competes. The FTC lawsuit defined the market as ‘online superstores,’ which included only Amazon, Target, Walmart and eBay…
“Yet this month an FTC attorney mused that Amazon may have no competitors. Seriously? Amazon accounts for 4% of all retail sales. It has also been losing ground to Walmart, which has sought to imitate its business model, including its so-called ‘buy box…’
“…Big Tech giants face increasing competition, especially amid the boom in artificial intelligence, yet regulators can’t seem to figure out who’s the real monopolist…”
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