Author Archives: Paul Steidler
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Memo To D.C. Policymakers: Small Business Loves Big Tech (From RealClearMarkets)
April 24, 2025- Paul Steidler There is a myth, growing in popularity, especially in Washington, D.C., that large technology companies somehow prosper at the expense of small businesses. The reality is far different, as seen from a recent survey by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship [Read More...] -
FTC’s Public Meetings Show a Glaring Deficiency in Its Antitrust Cases
April 23, 2025- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proceeds with a trial against Meta and gears up for another on September 22 against Amazon related to Prime, it should reconsider its priorities. Exhibit A is the FTC’s open public [Read More...] -
The EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument: What it Means for Tech and Tariffs
April 10, 2025- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: The European Union’s (EU’s) Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) is being widely categorized in the media as Europe’s “nuclear option” or “bazooka” for taking on the Trump Administration when it comes to tariffs. It is not. In fact, the [Read More...] -
Competition Is Alive And Well For Big Tech Companies (From RealClearMarkets)
April 10, 2025- Paul Steidler It is becoming increasingly common for regulators, politicians, and activists of both parties to take shots at America’s largest and most successful technology companies (“Big Tech”), charging them with having undue market power and facing little or no competition. The [Read More...] -
The Many Policy Ramifications of the Bedoya-Slaughter FTC Lawsuit
March 31, 2025- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: Two former Democrat members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, filed a federal lawsuit on March 27 seeking to overturn their March 18 firings by President Trump. The lawsuit was not [Read More...] -
The Case For A U.S.-UK Tech Alliance (From The National Interest)
March 26, 2025- Paul Steidler The Trump Administration has aggressively pushed new technology policies to ensure America sustains its leadership role as the world’s dominant provider of artificial intelligence (AI) while accelerating technological decoupling from China. US technological leadership would gain a boost through an [Read More...] -
The Economic Danger Of Regulators Disallowing Google’s Wiz Purchase (From RealClearMarkets)
March 24, 2025- Paul Steidler Google’s March 18 announcement that it has signed an agreement to buy Wiz, Inc., a leading cloud security platform headquartered in New York City, for $32 billion will be scrutinized by antitrust regulators in the United States and Europe. For [Read More...] -
Fired FTC Commissioners and the Need for Judicial Temperament
March 19, 2025- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: The judicial and public prestige of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took another hit yesterday and it is not because President Trump fired the two Democrat commissioners. The firings are the culmination of a meltdown that has [Read More...] -
Comments on AI Action Plan to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
March 17, 2025- Paul Steidler The Lexington Institute has offered the following comments and recommendations on federal Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy. This public filing follows a January 23 request in President Donald J. Trump’s an executive order requesting input from interested parties to help define [Read More...] -
The Budget Deficit, AI, and Measuring Progress
March 11, 2025- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: This week Congress again wrestles with avoiding a government shutdown as the Congressional Budget Office projects the Fiscal Year 2025 federal deficit will hit $1.9 trillion. There has been much discussion about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can [Read More...]