The U.S. president said Congress should pass legislation “to strengthen antitrust enforcement and prevent big online platforms from giving their own products an unfair advantage.” He also cited his administration’s bill to require service fee disclosures and move to ban non-compete agreements. (The Logic)

Talking point: Congress declined to pass several antitrust bills targeting tech platforms’ business practices at the end of last year, and the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives isn’t keen to revive them. Biden’s address also cited another digital file that’s long been at a partisan impasse—a cross-sector privacy law to consolidate the patchwork of rules across the country. Across the border, officials and industries will be seeking clarity on what exactly Biden meant when he said he’d require “all construction materials used in federal infrastructure projects to be made in America.” Canadian cement, steel and timber all flow south; Ottawa last year talked Washington into adding the word “North” in front of “America” on a key EV-tax credit.