USCIB promotes sound, empirically-grounded competition policy and enforcement approaches that support innovation, investment, and economic growth by representing US business perspectives at the OECD, Business at OECD (BIAC), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Competition Network, and other international forums that shape global competition norms and enforcement practices.

USCIB works to advance due process, transparency, and evidence-based analysis in competition policy, while monitoring and responding to evolving antitrust enforcement trends in the United States and abroad.

Key issues include:

  • Empirically based competition enforcement and policy
  • US and global antitrust enforcement developments
  • Non‑discriminatory treatment of US companies and trade retaliation
  • Merger control regimes, trends, and international convergence
  • Antitrust compliance programs and credit for compliance
  • Due process, privilege, and enforcement best practices
  • Regulatory costs affecting competition, innovation, and growth
  • What’s at Stake for US Business

Global competition policy norms increasingly shape domestic enforcement practices and cross-border regulatory outcomes. Divergent or overly expansive antitrust approaches can increase compliance costs, chill investment, and undermine innovation.

USCIB Actions

  • Represent US business views in OECD Competition Committee and BIAC Competition Committee discussions
  • Coordinate closely with ICC Competition Commission and related task forces
  • Monitor and analyze global antitrust enforcement trends and policy developments
  • Engage with US antitrust agencies and policymakers on international priorities
  • Facilitate member input into OECD, ICC, and other competition policy consultations

Resources

Chair

Jesus Alvarado-Rivera
Senior Corporate Counsel, Competition and Market Regulation
Microsoft

Vice Chairs

Matthew Bester
Managing Director of Antitrust Legal Services
Accenture

Jennifer Patterson
Partner
Haug Partners LLP

Staff

Natalie Bidner-Swehla
Director, International Agriculture
nbidner@uscib.org

Prinaka Suresh
Administrative Assistant, Policy
psuresh@uscib.org

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