{"id":22630,"date":"2025-07-15T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=22630"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:23:11","slug":"merkley-joins-colleagues-in-push-for-ftc-action-to-prevent-corporations-from-using-trumps-chaotic-tariffs-as-cover-to-price-gouge-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-joins-colleagues-in-push-for-ftc-action-to-prevent-corporations-from-using-trumps-chaotic-tariffs-as-cover-to-price-gouge-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Joins Colleagues in Push for FTC Action to Prevent Corporations from Using Trump\u2019s Chaotic Tariffs as Cover to Price Gouge Americans\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of his Senate colleagues in urging Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson to investigate corporations that are using tariffs as a cover for price gouging that is raising costs for American families and use the FTC\u2019s full authority to prevent it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis Administration\u2019s reckless approach is spiking costs for small businesses and creating opportunities for billion-dollar companies to grow their profits and take advantage of consumers,\u201d <strong>escribieron los legisladores.<\/strong> \u201cThe FTC should be utilizing its full authority to prevent these unfair practices.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Merkley and his colleagues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/warren-gallego-whitehouse-booker-delauro-colleagues-demand-ftc-stop-corporations-from-using-trumps-tariffs-as-an-excuse-to-price-gouge-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously wrote to the FTC<\/a> warning that large companies could take advantage of the Trump Administration\u2019s chaotic tariff strategy to price gouge consumers. That letter noted that the on-again, off-again tariff confusion and uncertainty have created a cover for large corporations to raise prices on all goods, regardless of whether they are actually subject to new tariffs, and increase prices above and beyond what is necessary to cover any additional costs. Chair Ferguson did not respond to the lawmakers\u2019 letter and has yet to take discernible action to prevent tariff-related price gouging, despite his own warning that President Trump\u2019s tariffs \u201cshould not be interpreted as a green light for price fixing or any other unlawful behavior.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2025, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released new <a href=\"https:\/\/libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org\/2025\/06\/are-businesses-absorbing-the-tariffs-or-passing-them-on-to-their-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey results<\/a> showing that \u201ca significant share\u201d of companies raised the prices of goods and services that are not subject to tariffs, confirming that businesses were indeed \u201ctaking advantage of an escalating pricing environment to increase prices.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anecdotes from the Federal Reserve illustrate that tariff-enabled price gouging is already a significant and legitimate concern:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>A heavy construction equipment supplier \u201craised prices on goods unaffected by tariffs to enjoy the extra margin.\u201d\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>A contact at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco \u201cobserved that price increases that had been implemented in anticipation of certain tariffs were not rolled back once those tariffs were removed.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland said she heard of firms \u201craising prices even though they aren\u2019t affected by tariffs because competitors who do face higher import taxes are raising prices.\u201d\u202f\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmakers concluded the letter by urging the FTC to use its 6(b) authority to investigate any tariff-enabled price gouging and to issue a report on its findings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This letter was led by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.). The letter was also signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Representatives Becca Balint (D-Vt.), Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El texto completo de la carta se puede encontrar <a href=\"https:\/\/ct.symplicity.com\/t\/wrn\/12d8dce282a2d04ef32f8903eec6bf96\/3479673980\/realurl=https:\/www.warren.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/warren_delauro_letter_to_ftc_re_tariff_price_gouging.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AQU\u00cd<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of his Senate colleagues in urging Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson to investigate corporations that are using tariffs as a cover for price gouging that is raising costs for American families and use the FTC\u2019s full authority to prevent it.&nbsp; \u201cThis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":18845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-22630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-protecting-consumers-taxpayers-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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