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RIP RPA?

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?

The Charter-Cox Merger Should Sail Through, But Will It?

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?

New US Trade Agreements Could Grow the Economy

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

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