Experts call for US government to coordinate against unfair trade

Pallavi Guniganti and Alex Wilts

17 March 2017

Deborah Garza (Credit: Covington & Burling LLP)

US agencies need to coordinate more effectively to prevent other countries from applying their antitrust laws to impede trade, a group of experts – including the current acting director of the Federal Trade Commission's bureau of competition – has said.

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Pallavi Guniganti

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