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27 May 2022Sarah Speight

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In a statement of public interest filed on May 16, FTC chair Lina Khan and commissioner Rebecca Slaughter urged the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to consider the impact that issuing an exclusion order against a willing licensee (ie Thales) would have on competition and consumers in the US.

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