In this issue, we take a closer look at whether Trump tariff policies are the only reason Europe might moderate a key carbon pricing mechanism, which lies at the heart of its climate change policy.

Creating Fair Food Markets for Affordable Groceries, an expert brief by Food Systems manager Claire Kelloway, shares how policymakers at all levels of government can hold food corporations to account and foster fair grocery markets that provide affordable and readily available food for everyone.

Two months after bending to a White House demand to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its network, Nexstar Media Group is asking the Trump administration to approve an illegal $6.2 billion merger that would grant it control over TV stations reaching more than half the country. Dr. Courtney Radsch released a statement condemning the merger.

CJL Director Dr. Courtney C. Radsch issued a statement regarding a Spanish court ordering Meta to compensate digital media outlets for illegal use of their data, setting important precedent in the EU.

Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan argues that breaking up the control seven obscure regional transmission organizations exercise over huge parts of the country’s electrical grid would help lower exploding electricity costs.

Open Markets Institute Policy Counsel Tara Pincock released a statement on the misguided ruling on the FTC’s case regarding Meta’s monopoly in social media.

In this issue, we explore how a deal by shipping giant MSC and BlackRock to buy dozens of port terminals from a Hong Kong-based operator will concentrate international trade in the hands of a single foreign corporation and threaten national security, despite the U.S. asset manager’s involvement.

Open Markets welcomes the European Commission’s three market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in State of Ohio v. Google, urging the Fifth District Court of Appeals of Ohio to recognize the state’s authority to designate Google Search as a common carrier—just as courts and legislatures have long done for railroads, telegraphs, telephones, and other corporations that hold themselves out to serve the public. 

In a statement from Max von Thun, Open Markets condemns Google’s insufficient remedies, proposed in the EU, regarding its conflicts of interests in the adtech stack.