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No, not quite. Frequent readers of my Truth on the Market posts (and I hope that the plural form is not self-delusion) may recall my March musings about “What Changes Might, and Should, a New FTC Majority Bring?” I wondered whether a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) majority might drop, among other things, the rushed … RIP RPA?
Charter Communications Inc. and Cox Communications Inc. have announced a plan to merge in a $34.5 billion deal. The transaction would create the nation’s largest cable operator, surpassing Comcast, with approximately 38 million subscribers across 46 states. Predictably, the proposal triggered concerns about cable-industry consolidation. Yet the reflexive anxiety about “big cable getting bigger” misses … The Charter-Cox Merger Should Sail Through, But Will It?
The Trump administration earlier this month announced a new trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. This initial pact should be a harbinger of additional “win-win” American trade deals with the UK and other countries. Such agreements, besides reducing tariffs, could emphasize the mutual elimination of anticompetitive market distortions (ACMDs). Eliminating ACMDs … New US Trade Agreements Could Grow the Economy