Jack Nicastro

The recently reintroduced American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) is a departure from America’s current antitrust regime, not an improvement. Although it promises to deliver innovation and choice in the technology sector, AICOA would undermine both.

The survival of the Federal Trade Commission’s specious consumer protection claims against Uber over the rideshare company’s popular subscription service perpetuates yet another flawed lawsuit against Big Tech.

It is easy to be frustrated with the Chinese government and its use of merger and acquisition controls to limit the competitive advantage of American tech firms. But many policymakers in the West have enabled China’s success by weaponizing antitrust and competition laws to kill pro-competitive deals by Big Tech firms.

Join ITIF for a debate on the resolution: “AICOA undermines American innovation and choice.” Joseph Coniglio, Senior Counsel and Director of the Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy at ITIF, will argue in favor of the resolution, while Joel Thayer, President of the Digital Progress Institute, will argue against it.

Watch now for a webinar featuring leading experts who examined the legislation, discussed its likely consequences, and explained why AICOA could undermine American technology leadership without delivering meaningful benefits for competition.

Watch now for a panel discussion with top experts as they discuss tech-specific antitrust bills mirroring the EU’s Digital Markets Act, the implications of those bills for competition in the United States, and their potential effects on America’s leading tech firms, innovation, and consumers.