Economic Liberties’ William J. McGee to Testify Before Senate Judiciary on Airline Consolidation Crisis
September 30, 2025 – This afternoon at 2:30pm EST, William J. McGee, Senior Fellow for Aviation and Travel at the American Economic Liberties Project, will testify in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights for a hearing on “Examining Competition in America’s Skies.” The hearing will examine how decades of airline consolidation and lax antitrust enforcement have harmed passengers, workers, and communities across the country — and what Congress can do to reinvigorate competition.
First Comprehensive Review of USMCA Labor Cases Shows Tool Delivered Wins, but Structural Gaps Threaten Long-Term Success
September 25, 2025 – A new report by American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade finds that the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) established in the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) delivered concrete wins for tens of thousands of workers in its initial years, but that gains have diminished in recent years. Rethink Trade identifies improvements necessary for the RRM to continue to bolster workers’ rights across North America that can be made during the mandatory USMCA six-year review.
Shaoul Sussman to Join Economic Liberties Board of Directors
September 24, 2025 – The American Economic Liberties Project today announced that Shaoul Sussman, who formerly served as Associate Director for Litigation in the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission, will join the organization’s Board of Directors.
Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition Welcomes FTC Suit Against Monopoly’s Deceptive Pricing Tactics, Urges Admin to Move Forward With a Break Up
September 24, 2025 – Following a lawsuit filed last Thursday by the Federal Trade Commission and seven bipartisan state attorneys general against Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s use of deceptive pricing schemes and exploitative resale tactics, the Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition released the following statement.
Press Memo: Truths and Myths About The 8/29/25 End of the De Minimis Trade Loophole to U.S. Customs Enforcement
August 27, 2025 – With the deadline looming this Friday, August 29, 2025, for the global termination of the de minimis trade loophole to U.S. Customs enforcement, interest in the loophole is increasing. Lori Wallach, director of American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade program, is available for interview. Some factoids that may be useful: