A Scroll Down Memory Lane: February 2025’s Member Mondays
ACT | The App Association’s members are at the forefront of innovation, leveraging technology to create meaningful solutions that drive positive change. Each month, we spotlight these trailblazing small businesses through our Member Monday series. In February, we highlighted members who are shaping the future of tax and digital trade, helping businesses navigate compliance, streamline operations, and drive economic growth. From AI-powered data solutions to supply chain transparency and digital engagement, these innovators are tackling key challenges in the [...]
What’s Next for Digital Trade?
For small firms in the app economy, business has always been global. Software developers, brand strategists, app makers, and other tech-focused small businesses sell products and services all over the world. Due to their inherently global nature, small companies competing in digital markets like ACT | The App Association members need strong protection through digital trade policies. Each year, digitally delivered services account for more than 10 percent of all global trade, amounting to $4.25 trillion annually. Digitally delivered [...]
An App Association Recap as Economics Has its Day in Court in FTC’s Antitrust Case Against Amazon
The court considering the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) antitrust lawsuit against Amazon scheduled an economics hearing for March 7, providing an opportunity for us to better understand the FTC’s economic thinking. A quick recap of our commentary on the case may help provide some context ahead of the hearing: The FTC’s market definition is arbitrary. From last year’s piece, Temu Complicates the FTC’s Antitrust Case Against Amazon: In order to succeed with an antitrust claim of monopolization, plaintiffs must [...]
American Government Hears DMA Complaints, Broadcasts Them to the World
For the past couple years, we’ve been sending up flares about the problems with the European Union’s (EU’s) onslaught of digital market regulation. We focused in particular on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), because of how thoroughly it restricts the curated online marketplace (COM) services small app companies leverage to reach global markets. Near the end of the last Administration, our advocacy yielded negative results. Not only did the United States Trade Representative (USTR) remove DMA from the list [...]