White House meets small and mid-sized firms to discuss competition in tech sector


The White House is illuminated in the early evening shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump was acquitted in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial in Washington, U.S., January February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

(Reuters) - White House officials met on Wednesday with small and mid-sized companies to discuss competition issues in the tech sector, as momentum grows in the U.S. Congress to rein in large technology companies.

The meeting was attended by Bruce Reed, president Joe Biden’s top tech advisor and deputy chief of staff; Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council and executives of smaller tech firms such as Sonos and Yelp Inc, the White House said.

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