### Question
How is the term antitrust mutual assistance agreement defined?


### Answer
The term **antitrust mutual assistance agreement** is defined in *15 U.S.C. § 6211* as the following:

> a written agreement, or written memorandum of understanding, that is entered into by the United States and a foreign state or regional economic integration organization (with respect to the foreign antitrust authorities of such foreign state or such organization, and such other governmental entities of such foreign state or such organization as the Attorney General and the Commission jointly determine may be necessary in order to provide the assistance described in subparagraph (A)), or jointly by the Attorney General and the Commission and a foreign antitrust authority, for the purpose of conducting investigations under section 6202 of this title, applying for orders under section 6203 of this title, or providing antitrust evidence, on a reciprocal basis and that includes the following:


(A) An assurance that the foreign antitrust authority will provide to the Attorney General and the Commission assistance that is comparable in scope to the assistance the Attorney General and the Commission provide under such agreement or such memorandum

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 6211*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 88-INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE**

