Biden Seen Reining In Mergers and Cracking Down on Big Tech

  • Antitrust experts see tougher antitrust policy than Obama’s
  • Biden decried “overwhelming arrogance” of some tech leaders

Joe Biden on Tuesday announced members of teams tasked with reviewing the work of federal agencies to prepare the incoming administration.

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Since Joe Biden left office almost four years ago, antitrust enforcement has gone from a backwater of Democratic policymaking to a key tool for reshaping the U.S. economy.

That trend is expected to continue -- and could even accelerate -- under a Joe Biden administration, according to antitrust experts and those who advised his campaign on competition policy.