Chopra: consolidation hurt US covid-19 response

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24 April 2020

US FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra

Decades of mergers have jeopardised the ability of the US economy to respond to crises such as the covid-19 pandemic, Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra has said.

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