The International Guidelines are divided into four other chapters. Chapter 2 provides a brief summary of the antitrust and related laws that are likely to have the greatest significance for businesses engaged in international activities. Chapter 3 describes what connections to the United States are sufficient for the Agencies to investigate or bring enforcement actions challenging conduct occurring abroad or involving or affecting foreign commerce. Chapter 4 describes the Agencies' consideration of international comity concerns and the role of foreign government involvement in determining...

The FTC is a highly productive and efficient, bipartisan independent agency with a broad mission. It is the only federal agency with jurisdiction to both protect consumers and maintain competition in most sectors of the economy. The agency enforces laws that prohibit business practices that are unfair or deceptive to consumers, or anticompetitive, and seeks to do so without impeding legitimate business activity. The vast majority of our law enforcement decisions are made unanimously. The FTC also educates consumers and businesses to encourage informed consumer choices, compliance with the...

These Guidelines outline the principal analytical techniques, practices, and the enforcement policy of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the -Agencies-) with respect to mergers and acquisitions involving actual or potential competitors (-horizontal mergers-) under the federal antitrust laws. The relevant statutory provisions include Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18, Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1, 2, and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45. Most particularly, Section 7 of the Clayton Act prohibits mergers if -in any...