Economic Liberties Applauds States’ Lawsuit to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Mega-Merger, Encourages More States to Join
July 13, 2026 — Today, 12 state attorneys general sued to block Paramount-Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers-Discovery. In response, American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement applauding their decision and encouraging them to ensure this anticompetitive and illegal merger never sees the light of day:
Economic Liberties Calls For Congressional Hearing On Egg Price-Fixing After Toothless DOJ Settlement
July 6, 2026 — Following last week’s settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice, 17 State Attorneys General, and three dominant egg producers accused of coordinating to inflate wholesale egg prices, the American Economic Liberties Project is calling for a congressional hearing:
July 4th BBQ Burn: Beef Prices Remain at Record Highs as Trump Continues to Prioritize Anything But Americans’ Unaffordable Groceries
July 1, 2026 — Unwilling to take on the big meatpacking monopolies, President Trump has incorrectly blamed ranchers, the weather, and even his own trade policies for our nation’s record high beef prices. Yet despite cutting beef tariffs and authorizing record-high beef imports, the administration has failed to bring down beef prices for American consumers while accelerating the collapse of the American ranchers Trump claims to support, according to a new report released today by the American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade program.
California Senate Judiciary Committee Advances COMPETE Act, Bringing Landmark Antitrust Reform One Step Closer to Governor’s Desk
July 1, 2026 — Despite a tidal wave of opposition spending by Big Tech and corporate lobbyists, the California Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the COMPETE Act (AB 1776, Aguiar-Curry), which represents the most significant expansion of state antitrust enforcement in more than a century.
As July 1 USMCA Review Looms, Rethink Trade Calls for Major Improvements Necessary to Justify Any Extension; Report Shows Pact’s Outcomes Are Opposite of Trump’s Rosy Promises
June 30, 2026 — On July 1, USTR Jamieson Greer meets with Mexican and Canadian trade ministers for a mandatory 6-year USMCA review. If they do not agree to the 16-year extension of the deal set forth in the text, which is not expected, the three must meet by July 1 annually for the next ten years. Already negotiations to modify USMCA have started with Mexico. On July 1, 2036 USMCA sunsets unless the countries have agreed to extend some version of it. Lori Wallach, director of the American Economic Liberty Project’s Rethink Trade said: