Biden's Executive Order 14036 Targets Anti-Competitive Practices Across US Economy
Executive Order 14036 directs over a dozen federal agencies to tackle corporate consolidation and anti-competitive practices through 72 specific initiatives. President Trump revokes this sweeping order in August 2025.
Executive Order 14036 represents a sweeping whole-of-government effort to promote competition in the American economy. President Joe Biden signs the order on July 9, 2021, directing over a dozen federal agencies to tackle anti-competitive practices through 72 specific initiatives.
The directive targets several major industries and consumer issues by encouraging stronger antitrust enforcement. Key initiatives include limiting non-compete clauses, allowing over-the-counter sales of hearing aids, reviving net neutrality, and supporting the right-to-repair movement to stop companies from making products unnecessarily difficult to fix.
The order establishes the White House Competition Council, a fifteen-member committee led by the National Economic Council director, to oversee these efforts. However, President Donald Trump revokes the executive order on August 13, 2025, officially ending this broad approach to federal antitrust enforcement.