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Washington, DC - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Friday announced it has commissioned a diverse group of leading experts to thoughtfully consider the challenges presented by globally divergent approaches to antitrust and the interface between competition policy and trade policy. After deliberation, the group will issue a series of recommendations for how the United States should approach these challenges.

“Antitrust around the world has become incredibly complex, at times appears to be used as a tool of industrial policy, and in many jurisdictions there are serious transparency and due process shortcomings” said Myron Brilliant, executive vice president and head of International Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “It is our hope that this group can shed light on practicable and actionable steps forward that will serve to advance sound trade and competition policy.”

The independent group is expected to seek outside input from a range of interests before issuing its recommendations at the end of January. 

Members of the independent experts group include:

In addition, Alden Abbott will serve as rapporteur to the group. He is a Rumpel Senior Legal Fellow and Deputy Director of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation and former Director of Antitrust Policy for the Federal Trade Commission.