ACT’s Letter to the House Judiciary Committees on Interim Report of Discriminatory Acts on American Companies
The Honorable Jim Jordan Chairman House Judiciary Committee Washington, District of Columbia 20515 The Honorable Scott Fitzgerald Chairman House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Washington, District of Columbia 20515 Re: Thank you for the Committee’s report and findings on discriminatory enforcement by the Republic of Korea against American Companies Dear Chairman Jordan and Chairman Fitzgerald, The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) represents small app developers, startups, [...]
Korea Targets Coupang, but Small Sellers Pay the Price
“South Korean regulators have consistently targeted Coupang and subjected the company to hostile regulatory treatment, unfair enforcement practices, and disproportionately large penalties not faced by their Korean competitors,” the House Judiciary Committee stated on July 1, 2026, as it released its long-awaited interim report outlining the troubling patterns of discriminatory and targeted enforcement against American technology companies, including U.S.-headquartered marketplace Coupang, by the Republic of Korea's (RoK) government. The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), whose members include small app [...]
A Scroll Down Membership Lane: May 2026’s Member Mondays
ACT’s members drive the innovation that powers our digital world. Each month, through our Member Monday series, we showcase these trailblazing small businesses and their cutting-edge achievements. Around the globe, small teams and solo founders navigate a patchwork of competition policies, from privacy laws to mergers and acquisitions; the rules that govern tech were written with giant compliance teams in mind, not the founders building in their spare bedroom. When the playing field isn't level, small tech takes the [...]
Welcome Letter to the Irish EU Council Presidency from the Association for Competitive Technology
ACT calls on Dublin to take the lead in realising the promise of a Single Market that fully supports start-ups and scale-ups.
AI for Main Street: Trust, Skills, and Governance Will Shape Adoption
“A tool never started a business; a person did.” That observation, made by Theresa Bedeau, vice chair of the board of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO), during discussions at the organization’s Small Business Summit, captures an important reality about artificial intelligence (AI) and entrepreneurship. The summit, hosted in partnership with organizations including the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), brought together leaders from government, technology, finance, philanthropy, research, and the small business community to discuss the opportunities and challenges [...]
ACT Statement on Competition and Markets Authority Steering Conduct Requirements Consultation
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) comments on the impact for startups and small businesses in today’s announcement from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on business software and cloud services. ‘Small app developers benefit from the trust, security, and global reach that app stores provide. They also need clear and predictable rules that give them the confidence to invest, innovate, and grow’, said Stephen Tulip, UK country manager for the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). [...]