Oil Industries Inc. and Petro Corporation are competing refineries situated on the Gulf coast. The two firms cooperate to obtain federal funds to build a levee that could protect their facilities from rising sea levels. With respect to antitrust law, this effort is

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Collaborating to secure federal funds for a levee to protect against rising sea levels is a matter of mutual interest that does not directly relate to competitive practices in the market. This type of cooperation is generally seen as outside the scope of antitrust enforcement, which focuses on preventing anti-competitive behavior that affects market dynamics, not on joint efforts for infrastructure protection.