Executive Order 14036, titled Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy and sometimes referred to as the Executive Order on Competition, is the fifty-first executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden. Signed on July 9, 2021, the order serves to establish a "whole-of-government effort to promote competition in the American economy" by encouraging stronger enforcement of antitrust law.
Executive Order 14036
NEC advisor Tim Wu, a vocal antitrust proponent, has been credited with helping to author the executive order
Meeting of the White House Competition Council on February 1, 2023
Lael Brainard is an American economist serving as the 14th director of the National Economic Council since February 21, 2023. She previously served as the 22nd vice chair of the Federal Reserve between May 2022 and February 2023. Prior to her term as vice chair, Brainard served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, taking office in 2014. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve, she served as the under secretary of the treasury for international affairs from 2010 to 2013.
Official portrait, 2023
Brainard, far right, at a briefing for President Obama before the 2012 G20 Los Cabos summit
Brainard's Federal Reserve Board portrait
Brainard sworn in as vice chair of the Federal Reserve by Jerome Powell in May 2022