Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Mark Meador said the populist shift that has transformed the Republican Party in recent years is a permanent change, not just a passing phase in electoral politics.

Meador, an antitrust lawyer and Trump appointee who was confirmed to his post at the commission in April, sat down with the Washington Examiner for an interview in his office on Friday. Meador has no qualms with challenging big corporations , a change from Republicans before him.

Recommended Stories

Capitalism favorability on the decline: Poll

China's exports to US dropped 33% in August

Fed’s independence in focus with Trump interventions

As a Republican FTC commissioner, Meador, 40, represents a departure from the consumer welfare standard, which guided U.S. antitrust polic

See Full Page