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n

The exchange of goods, materials, products, and services or the travel of people.
foreign commerce
Commerce that involves the transport of goods, materials, products, services, or people across international boundaries.
interstate commerce
Commerce that involves the transport of goods, materials, products, services, and people within the United States but across state boundaries.
intrastate commerce
Commerce that completely takes place within the boundaries of a state.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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