cartel
definition: a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate their production and their prices to benefit the organization’s members
- Cartels are also illegal in the U.S.
- OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) is an oil cartel made up of countries
- OPEC has to set price and production together, or it doesn’t work
connected key terms:price fixing/collusion


everyday examples
▪ OPEC (oil industry)
▪ diamond industry
▪ olive oil industry

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