President Trump signs executive order aimed at ending price gouging for ticket resales

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Monday would direct federal authorities to prioritize cracking down on ticket scalpers and others who profit from reselling entertainment tickets to consumers at a markup.

The White House says Trump will call on the Federal Trade Commission to enforce an Obama-era law that outlawed the use of bots to purchase a large number of tickets for the purpose of resale. He’s also calling for price transparency in the ticketing industry, so consumers will know the true value of what they’re purchasing on the secondary market.

It’s one area where Trump and his predecessor, President Joe Biden, have agreed, as the Democrat sought to crack down on so-called “junk fees” across industries during his term in office.