President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to create new Food Supply Chain Security Task Force units to investigate price fixing and other anti-competitive behavior across food-related industries.
The order carries a focus on whether foreign-controlled corporations are driving up grocery costs and creating national security risks.
In Trump’s directive, titled “Addressing Security Risks From Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chain,” affordability and reliability of food supplies are framed as a national and economic security priority.
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