Antitrust and Trade Regulation laws aim to promote free competition in the marketplace. Agreements or cooperative efforts by two or more entities that affects or restrains competitors is illegal under these laws. The Sherman Act makes illegal any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce and makes monopolies and attempts, combinations, or conspiracies to monopolize illegal. The Clayton Act regulate price discrimination, tying and exclusive dealing contracts, stock acquisition and interlocking directorates.
Truro is a city in Madison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 427 at the 2000 census. It was named after the city of Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Truro is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.