
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 17, 1990                   TAG: 9004170130
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

USE OF ANTITRUST LAWS OUTSIDE U.S. STUDIED

The Bush administration is considering a significant extension of antitrust laws to strike at American subsidiaries of foreign companies that are found to engage in price-fixing, the carving up of markets and other anti-competitive practices in their home markets.

Under the plan, disclosed last week, the government could file antitrust lawsuits against these foreign-owned companies for damage their collusion might cause to American concerns operating abroad. The action could ruffle relations with trading partners of the United States who might see it as an attack on their authority and an infringement on their laws.

James F. Rill, an assistant attorney general and head of the antitrust division, said its foreign commerce section expected to complete its study by fall. - The New York Times

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