The Biden administration, as it has done with other federal agencies, has redirected the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from its core mission of “protecting consumers and promoting competition” to fighting racial inequity and climate change.
Created to be an enforcement arm of U.S. anti-trust laws, the FTC has written a new mandate for itself to become an agent of social justice and environmental causes. In its “Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-2026” released in August, the FTC added two new goals to its mandate to “ensure that the work of the agency benefits all Americans, including those who live in historically underserved communities.”
