Urgent Steps That President-elect Trump’s FTC Must Take (From RealClearMarkets)

President-elect Donald J. Trump has burst onto the transition scene with energy and important pronouncements, including naming Gail Slater to head up transition efforts on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). That is an excellent, if unsurprising, choice.

Ms. Slater served in the first Trump Administration as a Special Assistant to the President, working with Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council. Since February 2024, she has been Economic Policy Advisor to Senator J.D. Vance and also worked at the FTC from 2004-14.

The FTC is an important agency that ensures that the U.S. economy functions optimally and that consumers are protected. It was designed by Congress to be independent, methodical, and bipartisan with its decisions rooted in legal reasoning forged through consensus.

Lexington Institute’s Paul Steidler discusses this in an Op-Ed in RealClearMarkets here.