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Though the margins are tight, the incoming president may nominate more progressive candidates for certain positions, experts say.
When President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are sworn in on Jan. 20, they’ll have a small Democratic majority in the House and thanks to two runoff wins in Georgia a 50-50 Senate where Harris will serve as a potential tiebreaker.
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Though 2021 brings a new U.S. president with a fresh agenda, analysts and industry experts expect companies like Apple Inc. to still face pressure to diversify production out of China.
In recent years, President Donald Trump has used heavy tariffs as a negotiating tool in an on-again, off-again trade war with China. He also urged Apple and other U.S.-based firms with sizable presences in the region to shift production back to the U.S. and to other parts of the world. President-elect Joe Biden has said he plans to take a slightly more measured approach toward U.S.-China relations, vowing to uphold the trade agreements each side has made while maintaining a tough stance on issues like intellectual property and human rights.
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17 Dec, 2020 Author Casey Egan
In what represents the third government antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc. s Google LLC in two months, a bipartisan group of 38 attorneys general from across the U.S. filed suit on Dec. 17 against the online giant, alleging the company engaged in anticompetitive conduct to maintain monopoly power in specific search and advertising markets.
The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., asks the court to enter any relief, as needed, to cure any anticompetitive harm from Google s conduct, prevent any future harm, and undo the continuing effects of past harm to competition. Among other things, the suit asks for structural divestitures as well as measurable conduct remedies.
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