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Progressive Antitrust Paradox

 |  September 12, 2019

By The Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal

After news broke Friday that the Justice Department is investigating four car makers for possible collusion, the denunciations were fast and furious. Democrats these days want to use antitrust law against certain corporate targets, but they apparently don’t want to investigate if big business is conspiring when it advances their political goals.

BMW, Ford, Honda and Volkswagen recently agreed, with the blessing of California regulators, to follow stricter fuel-economy standards than those proposed by the Trump Administration…

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