President Donald Trump’s administration wants to roll back virtually all of former President Joe Biden’s policies. So it may come as a surprise that the Trump administration is keeping a key Biden framework designed to rein in Corporate America.

President Trump’s administration will continue using merger guidelines set by the Biden administration, which were first adopted in 2023. Yahoo Finance Senior Legal Reporter Alexis Keenan joins host Julie Hyman and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Alexandra Canal to explain that while this move may seem surprising,

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced that the commission would retain the same merger guidelines established in 2023 under the Biden administration. The guidelines were updated in 2023 under Biden-era FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan and had a more aggressive approach to antitrust in their guidance for companies when considering mergers.