The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up its investigations into Big Tech, and one of the agency’s toughest enforcers visited Amazon’s backyard to discuss the state of competition in the industry with GeekWire's Monica Nickelsburg this week.

FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra spoke at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle on Tuesday in a wide-ranging interview that covered antitrust law, the investment landscape in tech, and lessons learned from his background regulating the financial sector. The interview — available as a video and edited Q&A below — provides a glimpse into how one of the enforcers charged with reining in the tech industry is thinking about competition and related economic dynamics.

Read a transcript of the discussion and see more coverage of the GeekWire Summit.

The Federal Trade Commission is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/11/tech/ftc-big-tech-antitrust-investigations/index.html">ramping up</a> its investigations into Big Tech, and one of the agency&rsquo;s toughest enforcers visited Amazon&rsquo;s backyard to discuss the state of competition in the industry with GeekWire's Monica Nickelsburg this week.
FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra spoke at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle on Tuesday in a wide-ranging interview that covered antitrust law, the investment landscape in tech, and lessons learned from his background regulating the financial sector. The interview &mdash; available as a video and edited Q&amp;A below &mdash; provides a glimpse into how one of the enforcers charged with reining in the tech industry is thinking about competition and related economic dynamics.
Read <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2019/ftc-commissioner-rohit-chopra-big-techs-antitrust-reckoning-implications-investors/">a transcript of the discussion</a> and see <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/special-coverage/geekwire-summit-2019/">more coverage of the GeekWire Summit.</a>

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