When a Trump-branded phone on a Trump-branded mobile network launches sometime this year (if all goes according to plan), US regulators will face what’s become a recurring conundrum in Donald Trump’s presidency: how to regulate a product with ties to the head of state.
Six Democratic lawmakers are confronting key federal agencies with that very question in a letter shared exclusively with The Verge. Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the lawmakers ask the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the departments of Commerce and Treasury, and US Trade Representative’s (USTR …
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