Insight Into the Upcoming Trump Administration’s Antitrust Policy

With the nomination of Commissioner Andrew Ferguson as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) and Gail Slater to helm the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, the second Trump administration’s antitrust policy is coming into focus.

Both individuals come from the Republican party’s populist wing, which has expressed skepticism of big tech and other large companies—a departure from past Republican antitrust enforcers. But the question on everyone’s mind has been what this means for enforcement and business.