Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§6a Conduct involving trade or commerce with foreign nations

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 6a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sections 1–7 do not cover most business with other countries (except imports). They do apply only when the foreign activity has a clear, big, and predictable effect on U.S. commerce, import commerce, or on exports by a U.S. business, and that effect leads to a legal claim under sections 1–7 (not including this rule).

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §6a

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7 of act

July 2, 1890, ch. 647, 26 Stat. 210, related to suits by persons injured by acts in violation of sections 1 to 7 of this title and was classified as a note under section 15 of this title, prior to repeal by act

July 7, 1955, ch. 283, § 3, 69 Stat. 283, effective six months after

July 7, 1955.

Reference

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 6a

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73