ARLINGTON, VA – June 12, 2026 – The following statement on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) is attributed to Michael Petricone, Sr. Vice President of Government Affairs, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®:

“AICOA abandons an approach to antitrust policy that has delivered enormous benefits to Americans for decades. Rather than focusing on consumer welfare, the bill invites challenges to routine product design and business decisions because they may disadvantage a competitor. Congress should focus on policies that strengthen U.S. competitiveness, accelerate AI development, build digital infrastructure, and establish a national, preemptive AI framework.

Decisions about how products work, which features are integrated, how services are secured, and how platforms deliver value to consumers would increasingly be made by regulators and trial lawyers rather than marketplace competition. The result will be less innovation, higher costs, and weaker products and services.

The bill also moves America toward the same regulatory approach that left Europe trailing the world in technology innovation and investment. Copying Europe's playbook is the last thing Congress should do amid a race between the U.S. and China for leadership in artificial intelligence and other technologies of the future.”

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