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Originally Posted by blastfromthepast
Except that this is international. In many countries price fixing is legal. I suspect it happends in Japan a lot.
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It only matters in what state you conduct business from not to where.
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Under U.S. law, price fixing is only illegal if it is intentional and comes about via communication and specific agreement between firms. It is not illegal for a firm to copy the price movements of a de facto market leader (called price leadership). This has frequently been seen to be the case in the markets for breakfast cereals and cigarettes.
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I'm sorry but that example is "price leadership". Agreeing to set a minimum price to sell your product is price fixing.