Rep. Andy Barr bashes the Biden administration’s FTC for “engaging with a CCP-backed company” against Amazon

Rep. Andy Barr (R., Ky.), one of the leading China hawks in Congress, is concerned by reports that President Joe Biden’s chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was “engaging with a CCP-backed company” against Amazon.

Following reports that Lina Khan, the now-former FTC chair, had “spoken with representatives from China-founded e-commerce site Temu about Amazon’s pricing policies,” Barr, who sits on the Financial Services Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, and Committee on the CCP, told the Washington Reporter that Khan’s actions are “deeply concerning but unsurprising.”

“The Democrat-led FTC prioritized Chinese firms over American companies and negatively impacted economic growth by violating the bedrock of our economy: free market principles,” Barr said. “The good news is that under President Trump things will change. President Trump has been our toughest leader on China and will re-privatize our economy to prioritize American economic growth.”