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Antitrust Chronicle® – National Security

Antitrust Chronicle® September 2026 Volume 2

Dear Readers,   For most of its modern history, U.S. antitrust defined itself partly by what it declined to consider. That separation is no longer holding. National security has entered competition analysis by a variety of unmarked entrances — statements of interest, remedy definitions, settlement decisions, investment screening, and trade...

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