President-elect Donald Trump’s antitrust picks are likely to take a hard-line on the tech giants, and a harder line on corporate consolidation than the average Republican.
All three of the new administration’s selections – Gail Slater as DOJ antitrust chief, and Andrew Ferguson and Mark Meador for the US Federal Trade Commission – are aligned with the “New Right” school that takes a more skeptical view of corporate power. While the Trump team may be more deal-friendly and have different priorities than the Biden administration’s trustbusters, they are likely to continue pursuing aggressive antitrust enforcement.
Mike Davis, a key outside adviser to the president-elect and head of anti-big tech organization Internet Accountability