White House Competition Council Holds Inaugural Meeting

The White House Competition Council held its inaugural meeting on September 10, 2021. The Council’s members – including eight cabinet members and the leaders of seven independent agencies – met to discuss the actions they are taking to help lower prices for American families by boosting competition and to plan the group’s priorities over the coming months. The July 9 Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy established the Competition Council to drive forward the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government effort to promote competition. The Council’s mandate includes delivering on the 72 initiatives identified in the Executive Order, collaborating on addressing pressing competition problems across the economy, and finding new ways of delivering concrete benefits to America’s consumers, workers, farmers, and small businesses. As of today, agencies have met each deadline set forth in the Executive Order. In the Council’s inaugural meeting, Council Chair and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese commended the Council members on the over a dozen initiatives they have already taken to promote competition and help lower costs for Americans in the two months since the Order was signed. Middle-class Americans will feel the impact at the grocery store, when they travel to see loved ones, when they shop for internet plans, and when they purchase the medicine they need to stay healthy.