Industry Spotlight: US Economic and National Security is Vulnerable to 'Container Cartel'

A new Industry Spotlight on container shipping shows how decades of deregulation and consolidation have left the United States dependent on a ‘container cartel’ of six foreign-owned shipping firms which control more than 90 percent of US trade on major routes. It recommends a series of fixes to improve the U.S. outlook.

Press Releases, Reports & White PapersOpen MarketsJuly 27, 2026Arnav Rao, Transportation, Trade & National Security, 2026, july 2026, Secondary Feature

Open Markets Institute Joins Amicus Brief Defending California AI Transparency Law in Landmark Appeal

As debates about AI governance and transparency sweep across governments, the Open Markets Institute has joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold California's law requiring AI companies to disclose information about the data used to train their models.

Amicus Briefs & Petitions, Press ReleasesOpen MarketsJuly 24, 2026Secondary Feature, 2026, july 2026, center for media & digital governance, Karina Montoya, Antitrust Law, Technology & Power, Artificial intelligence, AI

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