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.
Belmont is an unincorporated community in Whitman County, Washington, United States. Because it is not tracked by the U.S. Census, a Census population estimate is not available. There are only about seven houses in Belmont, which is assigned the ZIP code 99104.