fair-trade law. A state statute that protects and enforces fair-trade agreements. • At one time, many states had fair-trade laws. But when applied to interstate commerce, the laws may violate the Sherman Antitrust Act, so most states have repealed them.
fair-trade agreement. A commercial agreement that a seller will sell all of a producer’s goods at or above a specified minimum price. • Fair-trade agreements were valid until 1975, when the Consumer Goods Pricing Act made them illegal. 15 USCA §§ 1, 45.
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unfair trade. An inequitable business practice; esp., the act or an instance of a competitor’s repeating of words in a way that conveys a misrepresentation that materially injures the person who first used the words, by appropriating credit of some kind earned by the first user. [Cases: Trade Regulation 862. 1.]
unfair trade practices 不正当贸易行为(→unfair competition；unfair methods of competition)
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Fair Trade Acts 〈美〉《公平交易法》 该法旨在取消有注册商标的商品的生产商和经销商间垂直〔vertical〕价格维持协议中有关垄断市场或限制贸易的条款，从而批准并保护这些协议。(→fair trade laws)
Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. A model statute patterned on the Federal Trade Commission Act and proposed by the FTC in 1967 for adoption by the states; a state law providing consumer-protection remedies, including private causes of action, for deceptive trade practices and false advertising. • The Act gives the state attorney general
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fair trade laws 〈美〉公平交易法 州立法允许名牌商品的生产商和经销商确定其商品的最低零售价。鉴于一系列法院判决不支持这项立法，国会在1976年予以废除。(→Fair Trade Acts)
unfair trade practice 不正当交易行为 美国许多州已采用美国全国保险总监协会所提出的不正当交易行为法。按照法律规定，在保险经营中从事欺骗或不道德行为为非法。不正当交易行为包括：不如实陈述、虚假广告、诱使保户放弃现有保单改投另一类保险、挪用保户款项。如有此类行为，州政府对代理人和经纪人施行惩罚。
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Trade Fair Act 〈美〉《联邦商品交易会法》 于1959年通过的一项联邦法律，赋予在美国举行的商品交易会某些优惠，尤其是允许前来展出的外国商品免缴关税和各种国内税收。