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What is an Anti-trust law?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Law inteded to promote free competition in the marketplace by outlawing monopolies.
In this context the term "trust" refers to a business alliance for the purpose of establishing a monopoly. So anti-trust legislation is anti-monoplistic, or pro-competition.

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