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,

The antitrust regulators under President Donald Trump announced they will leave merger guidelines initiated under former President Joe Biden's administration in effect. The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice's joint 2023 merger guidelines are in effect and will serve as the framework for the FTC’s merger-review analysis,

The Trump administration will keep strict guidelines for reviewing proposed corporate mergers that were implemented under the administration of former President Joe Biden. The decision to keep those guidelines was detailed Tuesday in a Department of Justice memo and a social media post by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson.