Competition law was in effect suspended in America during the Depression, allowing widespread price collusion.

在美国大萧条时期，竞争法一度被搁置，造成了全国范围内的物价联盟的产生。

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We particularly need to strengthen law enforcement concerning pricing, and strictly investigate and deal with illegal behavior such as driving up prices through price collusion or market speculation.

特别要强化价格执法，严肃查处恶意炒作、串通涨价、哄抬价格等不法行为。

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If there were only two airlines on every route, tacit collusion between them would probably keep prices high but not so high as if there were a single airline or an explicit price-fixing agreement.

假设在每条线路上都只有两家公司，他们可能会心照不宣的勾结，但不会使得价格高到犹如一加航空公司操控或者是基于一个明显的价格协议。

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Some dealerships in Brazil have been under investigation for price collusion, whereas models are sold at nearly exact sticker prices to keep profit margins high.

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Constantly providing subscribers with fancy new handsets and tacit price collusion among the three operators the same stodgy ones that had kept internet rates so high were to blame.

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But institutional firms like Schonfeld depend heavily on the services of Wall Street and are unlikely to want to risk damaging those ties by flinging around accusations of price collusion.

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