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Trigger Price Mechanism: Protecting Competition Or Competitors, The , Jacqueline Nolan-Haley
Trigger Price Mechanism: Protecting Competition Or Competitors, The , Jacqueline Nolan-Haley
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The International Trade Commission asserted that for most of 1978 and probably for the indefinite future, the TPM was "the greatest single factor influencing the conditions of competition" in the U.S. steel industry. The precise contours of this influence are uncertain. While it is premature to assess adequately the economic impact of the TPM, it is possible to make some observations vis-a-vis our national antitrust policy goals. The TPM, like the steel VRA's of 1972, has had no discernable impact on increasing efficiency through expansion, modernization or development of domestic steel-making technology. The TPM, however, does have an impact on …