US firms can't be foreign antitrust agencies' 'piggy banks,' FTC's Ferguson says
By Flavia Fortes ( September 15, 2026, 18:06 GMT | Insight) -- US antitrust cooperation with overseas agencies must be based on reciprocal procedural fairness and cannot allow foreign authorities to treat American companies as "piggy banks," Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said.US antitrust cooperation with overseas agencies must be based on reciprocal procedural fairness and cannot allow foreign authorities to treat American companies as "piggy banks," US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said....
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