Commentary: The Biden administration is fighting back against Big Tech

For decades, multinational mega-corporations have abused our trade policy to secure rules that benefit them at the expense of workers and consumers, all done in secretive negotiations lacking in public accountability.

Fortunately, President Joe Biden’s administration is making it clear that its support for workers doesn’t stop at the water’s edge.

The Biden administration recently shut down an effort spearheaded by Big Tech to use trade negotiations to Congress’ efforts to end mega-platforms’ abuses of and . Corporate lobbyists are now engaging in an all-out assault to try to bully and intimidate the administration into reversing course. But this effort simply underscores the extent of the shift in priorities for trade policy under the Biden administration. This administration is putting workers and consumers first, and big corporations can’t believe their eyes.