Rethink Trade Celebrates End of Dangerous De Minimis Trade Loophole After Years of Advocacy
July 30, 2025 – In response to the administration’s announcement today that it would extend to the entire world its May 2025 termination of the de minimis duty-free exception for certain imports from China, Lori Wallach, Director of the Rethink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project, said:
HPE CEO and Deal Lawyers Must Be Subpoenaed to Find Out if Bribery Allegations Are True
July 30, 2025 – Following new reporting from Sohrab Ahmari and UnHerd, which shares fresh insights into how the controversial settlement agreement for the Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Juniper Networks merger was coordinated through “boozy backroom meetings between company lawyers and lobbyists,” the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
DOT Greenlights United-JetBlue Partnership, Deepening Airline Consolidation Crisis
July 29, 2025 – Following news that the US Department of Transportation has approved the United Airlines-JetBlue “Blue Sky” Collaboration, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Bipartisan Push to Fix America’s Broken Housing Policy
July 29, 2025 – Following news that the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act of 2025, introduced by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tim Scott (R-SC), has moved unanimously out of the Senate Banking Committee, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
New Legal Practice Guide Empowers Small Businesses to Take on Power Buyers and Price Discrimination
July 25, 2025 – Following a recent, disturbing decision from Trump administration antitrust enforcers to dismiss an important Robinson-Patman Act enforcement case alleging illegal price discrimination by PepsiCo in favor of a big-box retailer, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new practice guide ** detailing how small businesses and trade associations can take action under federal and California price discrimination and unfair competition laws.