Companies that can't back up claims that their products are made in the U.S. could face hefty penalties from the Federal Trade Commission.

Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson opened the workshop, titled "The Dangers of 'Gender-Affirming Care' for Minors," and in his remarks said that the agency will issue a request for information in the near future on gender-affirming care, emphasizing that the workshop was "not about politics."

The Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to four companies reminding them to comply with the FTC’s “Made in the USA” requirements, as well as to Amazon and Walmart regarding third-party sellers who appear to be making deceptive “Made in the USA” claims on their online marketplaces.

Many companies have been accused by regulators of using imprecise labeling to induce shoppers to pay more through appeals to their patriotism.

Doctors who pitched medical treatments to minors with gender dysphoria may have deceived them, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

The daylong invite-only workshop features detransitions, parents, regulators and scientific experts on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery for gender-confused youth.

The former director of anticompetitive activity at Lina Khan’s Federal Trade Commission has taken a job co-leading the antitrust practice at Covington & Burling.

Many know stores keep tabs on customers and what interests them, but a new report showed some monitor a lot more than previously thought. A Federal Trade Commission report showed something known as “surveillance pricing” could cost customers more depending on where they live.