The US Federal Trade Commission released its five-year plan on Wednesday, outlining future goals for, among other agendas, preserving strong competition within US markets. In its 23-page draft report, the FTC described current markets as “austere” and warned that the cost of antitrust-related litigation is likely to rise further, affecting the number of introduced cases. Reports say the outline is similar to those released by the FTC in 2009; the regulator declared that mergers that could potentially harm consumers could be the watchdog’s first priority, though assured that the FTC’s new goal is to increase transparency in its decision making process.
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