Trump Fears Raytheon-UTC Deal Hurts Competition. Not So Fast, Analyst Says (From Washington Business Journal)

Lexington Institute’s Loren Thompson responds to President Trump’s concerns about the lack of competition with a Raytheon-United Technologies Corporation merger in a Washington Business Journal article. His June 10 Forbes column was also referenced. Thompson referred to the impact on competition as “modest” and mentioned antitrust regulators care “about whether competition is adversely affected.”

“So even though this is big, I don’t think this is going to raise many issues for regulators,” he said.

Read the full article here.