Executive Order 14036

Executive Order 14036
"Promoting Competition in the American Economy"
Seal of the President of the United States
TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number14036
Signed byJoe Biden on July 9, 2021 (2021-07-09)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number2021-15069
Publication date9 July 2021
Summary
Authorizes an all-of-government approach to promoting competition and creates a White House Competition Council.

Executive Order 14036, titled Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy and sometimes referred to as the Executive Order on Competition,[1] is the fifty-first executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden. Signed on July 9, 2021, the order serves to establish a "whole-of-government effort to promote competition in the American economy" by encouraging stronger enforcement of antitrust law.[2]

The executive order directs over a dozen federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to take action on 72 separate initiatives identified by the Biden administration as beneficial to reining in anti-competitive practices. Specific initiatives in the executive order include efforts to limit non-compete clauses, allow for hearing aids to be sold over the counter, and revive net neutrality.[3][4] The order has been interpreted as supportive of the "right to repair" movement, which seeks to prohibit companies from making products prohibitively difficult to repair in order to encourage consumers to purchase new products.[5][6]

The order additionally establishes the White House Competition Council, a fifteen-member committee led by National Economic Council (NEC) director Lael Brainard.[7]

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  3. ^ Montague, Zach (2021-07-09). "Biden's order includes 72 initiatives that take aim at very specific practices the White House wants changed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  4. ^ McCabe, David; Tankersley, Jim (2021-07-09). "Biden Urges More Scrutiny of Big Businesses, Such as Tech Giants". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  5. ^ Klosowski, Thorin (2021-07-15). "What You Should Know About Right to Repair". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  6. ^ Duffy, Clare (2021-07-14). "Biden's executive order takes on right-to-repair. It could make fixing your smartphone easier | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  7. ^ "Readout of the Inaugural Meeting of the White House Competition Council". The White House. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2022-11-14.