据知情人士透露，白宫准备提名克里斯托弗·穆法里奇出任美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）委员，将他从消费者保护部门负责人的位置提升为该机构最高决策者之一。这些人士了解政府的相关计划。
The White House is poised to nominate Christopher Mufarrige to the US Federal Trade Commission, according to people familiar with the administration’s plans, elevating him from leading the consumer protection division to become one of the agency’s top policymakers.
穆法里奇将填补这个五人委员会的共和党空缺，与主席安德鲁·弗格森和委员马克·米多尔共事。
Mufarrige would fill a Republican vacancy at the five-member commission alongside Chair Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador.
一名白宫官员表示，任何人事公告在总统宣布之前都不算最终确定。穆法里奇拒绝置评。
Any personnel announcements aren’t final until announced by the president, a White House official said. Mufarrige declined to comment.
今年1月，白宫曾提名WeatherTech首席执行官戴维·麦克尼尔出任该职位。据这些要求匿名讨论尚未公开计划的人士称，麦克尼尔本月早些时候撤回了提名。
The White House in January had nominated David MacNeil, the chief executive officer of WeatherTech, for the role. MacNeil withdrew his nomination for the post earlier this month, according to the people, who asked not to be named discussing plans that aren’t yet public.
穆法里奇毕业于乔治·梅森大学法学院，于2024年加入FTC，担任时任委员梅丽莎·霍利奥克的幕僚长。在特朗普第一任期内，他曾在消费者金融保护局工作。职业生涯早期，他还曾在美国商品期货交易委员会任职。
A graduate of George Mason University Law School, Mufarrige joined the FTC in 2024 as chief of staff to then-Commissioner Melissa Holyoak. During the first Trump administration, he worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Earlier in his career, he served at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
作为FTC消费者保护局局长，穆法里奇帮助制定了该机构的优先事项，并牵头处理了数十起针对不公平或欺骗性商业行为的案件。在他的领导下，FTC与亚马逊公司达成了创纪录的25亿美元和解协议，指控该公司诱骗客户注册Prime订阅服务并使其难以取消。今年8月，该机构对亚马逊提起了新的诉讼，指控该公司系统性地向广告商多收取了超过200亿美元的费用。
As director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, Mufarrige has helped set the agency’s priorities and spearheaded dozens of cases targeting unfair or deceptive business conduct. Under his leadership, the FTC reached a record $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon.com Inc. over allegations the company duped customers intog up for its Prime subscription service and made it hard to cancel. In August, the agency filed a new case against Amazon, alleging the company systematically overcharged advertisers by more than $20 billion.
FTC还对沃尔玛公司提起了诉讼，指控其涉嫌扣留小费并向司机虚报工资；对Hims & Hers Health公司提起诉讼，指控其涉嫌在产品方面误导消费者；并对Live Nation Entertainment公司及其子公司Ticketmaster提起诉讼，指控其未能遏制自动抢票机器人的使用。
The FTC has also brought cases against Walmart Inc. for allegedly withholding tips and misrepresented wages to drivers, Hims & Hers Health Inc. for allegedly misleading consumers about its products and Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster subsidiary for failing to stem the use of automated ticketing bots.
更具争议的是，特朗普领导下的联邦贸易委员会对专注于跨性别医疗保健的主要专业协会提出了质疑，指控该组织在性别转换的医疗必要性和安全性方面欺骗了父母。世界跨性别健康专业协会（简称WPATH）指责该机构因其发布《医疗标准》而对其进行非法的第一修正案报复，该标准是一套面向治疗跨性别个体的医疗保健专业人士的有影响力的指南。
More controversially, the FTC under Trump has challenged the leading professional association focused on transgender healthcare, alleging the group deceived parents about the medical necessity and safety of gender transitions. The World Professional Association of Transgender Health, known as WPATH, has accused the agency of illegal First Amendment retaliation related to its publication of the Standards of Care, a set of influential guidelines for healthcare professionals who treat trans individuals.