Yahoo Finance: Warren wants Trump’s FTC to see if companies are using tariffs as cover for price gouging

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and 15 other Democratic lawmakers are renewing a call for an investigation this week into whether "tariff enabled price-gouging" is set to impact consumers in the years ahead as President Trump's trade moves continue to ripple through the US economy.

This week's call came in a new letter, shared first with Yahoo Finance, where Warren and her colleagues are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to look into what they say is growing evidence that "hypothetical warnings about the potential for price gouging are now manifesting themselves in price increases at consumers' expense."

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