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Promoting Competition in the Beer, Wine, and Spirits Markets

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed 1 comment on this docket between Aug 19, 2021 and Aug 19, 2021. 87 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1761d ago.

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (see E.O. 14036, 86 FR 36987 (July 14, 2021)). Section 5(j) directed the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to submit a report within 120 days “assessing the current market structure and conditions of competition" in, among other things, the beer, wine, and spirits industries, "including an assessment of any threats to competition and barriers to new entrants.” The report is to include discussion of unlawful trade practices; patterns of consolidation in production, distribution, or retail markets; and “any unnecessary trade practice regulations of matters such as bottle sizes, permitting, or labeling that may unnecessarily inhibit competition.” Further, Section 5(k) of the E.O. directs the Treasury Secretary, through the Administrator of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), to consider within 240 days rulemaking updating TTB’s trade practice regulations, revising or rescinding any regulations that “unnecessarily inhibit competition,” and “reducing any barriers that impede market access for smaller and independent brewers, winemakers, and distilleries.” Consequently, to inform these efforts, the Treasury Department, through TTB, is seeking comment on these topics from participants in the beer, wine, and spirits markets, consumer groups, public interest groups, and interested private parties.

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