Senior leaders from the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice delivered prepared remarks over the past week that illuminated the Trump administration's approach to merger enforcement and remedies. At recent events at George Washington University and USC Gould , DOJ Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bill Rinner and FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak delivered similar messages signaling a return to previous practice for merger remedies in the US.

In short: The message from both agencies was aligned on pursuing fair but vigorous enforcement focused on transparent, predictable processes, a preference for structural remedies, and an intent to use antitrust as a "scalpel, not a sledgehammer." Both senior officials expressed their intention to target proble

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