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—
such conduct has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect—
on trade or commerce which is not trade or commerce with foreign nations, or on import trade or import commerce with foreign nations; or
on export trade or export commerce with foreign nations, of a person engaged in such trade or commerce in the United States; and
such effect gives rise to a claim under the provisions of sections 1 to 7 of this title, other than this section.
If sections 1 to 7 of this title apply to such conduct only because of the operation of paragraph (1)(B), then sections 1 to 7 of this title shall apply to such conduct only for injury to export business in the United States.
July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 7Pub. L. 97–290, title IV, § 40296 Stat. 1246(, as added , , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
act July 2, 1890, ch. 64726 Stat. 210section 15 of this titleact July 7, 1955, ch. 283, § 369 Stat. 283A prior section 7 of , , 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 , prior to repeal by , , effective six months after .