Cost of Living Crisis Will Continue With the Fed Asleep at the Wheel and the Effective Shutdown of Enforcers Like the CFPB
February 12, 2025 — Following new Consumer Price Index (CPI) data indicating that inflation is reaccelerating across the country, rising at a rate 0.5% in January and 3% over the past 12 months, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Long-Overdue Merger Filing Reforms Taking Effect
February 7, 2025 — Today at 5 pm EST, merging firms must submit a new filing form to antitrust agencies. In October, the FTC and Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division finalized a new rule for the Hart Scott Rodino form — a key pre-merger filing document that has not been updated since 1978 — to modernize and streamline the merger review process. The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Trump Reverses Tariff Order, Reopening De Minimis Trade Loophole for Millions of Daily Duty-Free Import Shipments from China After Meeting with FedEx CEO
February 7, 2025 — Rethink Trade today condemned President Trump’s reopening of a major trade enforcement loophole that will allow millions of import shipments arriving daily from China to evade inspection and Trump’s new 10% China tariffs as well as the 20% tariffs he imposed in 2018 on two-thirds of all Chinese imports.
Bessent’s Block of CFPB’s Medical Debt Rule Will Trap 15 Million Americans Under Unfair Credit Penalties
February 4, 2025 — In response to news that Senators Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders have introduced a bipartisan bill to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent—fulfilling a campaign pledge made by President Trump—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Hawley-Sanders Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates
February 4, 2025 — In response to news that Senators Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders have introduced a bipartisan bill to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent—fulfilling a campaign pledge made by President Trump—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.