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1985 newspaper clipping about US antitrust law bill affecting British Airways and Laker Airways transatlantic routes

1985 newspaper clipping about US antitrust law bill affecting British Airways and Laker Airways transatlantic routes

A 1985 press clipping discussing a US Senate bill to modify antitrust laws on foreign trade, specifically mentioning how it could have prevented the deterioration of relations between Britain and America over the Laker Airways lawsuit. The article references the ongoing legal battle between Laker Airways and British Airways following Sir Freddie Laker's airline collapse.

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