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US FTC proposes flat budget in 2027 for antitrust, privacy enforcement

By Clayton Vickers and Mike Swift ( April 3, 2026, 22:07 GMT | Insight) -- The US Federal Trade Commission has submitted a budget request to Congress that would essentially keep staffing and spending flat for antitrust and privacy enforcement for the 2027 fiscal year. In a five-year strategic plan also published by the FTC, Chairman Andrew Ferguson noted that the agency is adding to its mission statement that enforcement would avoid “unduly burdening legitimate business activity.”Antitrust and privacy enforcement spending by the US Federal Trade Commission would stay flat in the coming fiscal year under a budget proposal the agency sent to Congress on Friday, with the FTC also publishing a strategic plan that said enforcement would avoid “unduly burdening legitimate business activity.”...

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