Ferguson, already one of five commissioners of the body, will replace Lina Khan, who fought big tech over antitrust
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission.
He will replace Lina Khan, who became a lightning rod for Wall Street and Silicon Valley by blocking billions of dollars’ worth of corporate acquisitions and suing Amazon and Meta while alleging anticompetitive behavior.
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