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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 1— MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE · § 6a

§ 6a. Conduct involving trade or commerce with foreign nations

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Sections 1 to 7 of this title shall not apply to conduct involving trade or commerce (other than import trade or import commerce) with foreign nations unless—
(1)such conduct has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect—
(A)on trade or commerce which is not trade or commerce with foreign nations, or on import trade or import commerce with foreign nations; or
(B)on export trade or export commerce with foreign nations, of a person engaged in such trade or commerce in the United States; and
(2)such effect gives rise to a claim under the provisions of sections 1 to 7 of this title, other than this section.
If sections 1 to 7 of this title apply to such conduct only because of the operation of paragraph (1)(B), then sections 1 to 7 of this title shall apply to such conduct only for injury to export business in the United States.
(July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 7, as added Pub. L. 97–290, title IV, § 402, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1246.)
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  • July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 7
  • Pub. L. 97–290, title IV, § 402
  • 96 Stat. 1246
  • act July 2, 1890, ch. 647
  • 26 Stat. 210
  • act July 7, 1955, ch. 283, § 3
  • 69 Stat. 283
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