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By Leah Nylen

January 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM UTC

Only seven working days remain in the Biden administration, but US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan still hopes to push a few more cases out the door before she leaves.

In an exclusive exit interview with Bloomberg News, Khan urged the incoming administration to continue vigorously enforcing antitrust law and said she has been engaging a lot with her successor – Andrew Ferguson, one of the agency’s Republican commissioners, who President-elect Donald Trump has said he will elevate to chair on Jan. 20.