LAS Vegas, March 16 (Reuters) – The head of the newly confirmed antitrust law enforcement department of the U.S. Department of Justice said her department will review its spending on expensive economic advisers as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut costs across the federal government, according to a Reuters internal memo.
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater said in a memo to staff on Thursday that antitrust efforts will focus on inflation and make the consumer market competitive.
The review of the advisers is an early sign of how antitrust officials will balance strong enforcement in a cost-cutting campaign called government-wide cost-cutting in the government-wide cost-cutting campaign called government-wide cost-cutting in the government efficiency sector.
The Justice Department’s antitrust case attempts to prevent mergers, break down companies, or impose other requirements designed to stop or prevent anti-competitive business practices. They often rely on economic experts to pay for a lawsuit.
“We have world-class economists internally and we can and should leverage and maximize their talents before seeking external help,” Slater said in the memo.
The department will focus its limited resources on markets that affect U.S. consumers and protect competition in key areas of national security.
“In an age of rising prices, pocket-small issues are the mind in the mind, and we will prioritize these markets,” Slyt wrote, bringing the department’s legal fire to Trump’s Central Movement commitments to fight inflation.
On national security, she pointed to global competition in artificial intelligence, 5G and quantum computing, saying: “We rely on competitive markets to win these global tech races, and anti-jam plays a key role here,” three areas may be the focus of her sector’s progress.
