{"id":2006964,"date":"2023-08-21T13:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-committee-demands-answers-from-ftc-on-relationship-with-europes-antitrust-rules\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:39:51","slug":"house-oversight-committee-demands-answers-from-ftc-on-relationship-with-europes-antitrust-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-committee-demands-answers-from-ftc-on-relationship-with-europes-antitrust-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"House Oversight Committee seeks clarification from FTC on ties to EU antitrust regulations."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-oversight-committee-demands-answers-from-ftc-on-relationship-with-europes-antitrust-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight \u200cCommittee Questions FTC&#8217;s Relationship with European Antitrust Regulators<\/h2>\n<p>The House Oversight Committee, led by\u2064 Chairman James Comer (R-KY),\u2063 has directed its attention towards the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) \u200cand is raising concerns about its interactions \u2062with\u200b European antitrust regulators.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2064letter sent to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan and \u200bCommissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, Comer\u2063 inquired\u200d about the agency&#8217;s recent engagements with \u2064Europe. While the FTC has a history of cooperation with the European \u200bUnion, a\u2064 Freedom \u200dof Information Act request uncovered that the agency consulted \u2064with European regulators regarding the \u200cmerger of medical tech companies Illumina and Grail. Comer alleges that these interactions were mismanaged\u2064 and potentially \u200bharmful to U.S. economic interests.<\/p>\n<h3>Up for Debate: \u200dTrump, DeSantis, \u2062and 2024 GOP Hopefuls&#8217; Stance on AI<\/h3>\n<p>These exchanges have raised concerns within the Oversight Committee, prompting them to question whether the FTC is pursuing its ideological goals in secret, according to a copy of\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pressed-to-cancel-iran-talks-as-tehran-backed-terrorists-attack-israel\/\" title=\"Biden Pressed to Cancel Iran Talks as Tehran-Backed Terrorists Attack Israel\">letter exclusively obtained<\/a> by the Washington Examiner. \u2062Comer&#8217;s remarks allude to Chairwoman Khan&#8217;s more aggressive \u200dapproach to antitrust enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Comer has requested that the FTC provide all communications with European governmental entities regarding the Digital Markets Act, the EU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-committee-demands-answers-from-ftc-on-relationship-with-europes-antitrust-rules\/\" title=\"House Oversight Committee seeks clarification from FTC on ties to EU antitrust regulations.\">stricter regulations aimed<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-criticizes-eu-for-failing-to-agree-on-russian-oil-ban\/\" title=\"Zelensky Criticizes EU for Failing to Agree on Russian Oil Ban\">ensuring fair competition<\/a> in the European marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Comer initiated an investigation into the FTC and Chairwoman Khan following the resignation of\u200b Republican FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson. With only three remaining Democratic commissioners, the agency&#8217;s control shifted, \u2064leading to concerns raised by\u200c Comer. Noah Phillips, the other Republican commissioner, had previously stepped down to prioritize his family.<\/p>\n<p>Chairwoman Khan has also faced \u2064scrutiny from the House Judiciary Committee and its Chairman, Jim Jordan (R-OH), regarding her approach to antitrust. This includes her unsuccessful\u200d attempts to block Meta&#8217;s acquisition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftc-orders-big-tech-to-address-surge-in-ads-promoting-scams-and-fraudulent-products\/\" title=\"FTC orders Big Tech to address surge in ads promoting scams and fraudulent products\">virtual reality developer<\/a> Within and Microsoft&#8217;s purchase of game developer Activision Blizzard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> \u200cto read more from the Washington \u2064Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Khan gained recognition when she published &#8220;Amazon&#8217;s Antitrust Paradox&#8221; in 2017, an\u2064 academic \u200darticle advocating for \u2062antitrust reforms to curb the power of Big Tech companies. One of her key \u200darguments was that the existing antitrust system was \u200bill-equipped to address the increasing market dominance of entities like Amazon, emphasizing\u200c the need to grant\u200b the FTC more control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive move, the House Oversight Committee is now focusing on the Federal Trade Commission&#8217;s ties with European antitrust regulators. Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan and Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, seeking clarification on the agency&#8217;s recent activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2006965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}