Midwest Agri-Products Corporation offers to sell its sugar substitute to Nice Candies,Inc.,only if Nice Candies agrees to buy all the corn it needs from Midwest Agri-Products,even though there are other corn sellers from whom Nice Candies could buy.This is

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This is a tying arrangement, where Midwest Agri-Products is requiring Nice Candies to purchase one product (sugar substitute) only if they agree to purchase another product (corn) from them. This restricts the freedom of choice for Nice Candies and can be seen as anti-competitive behavior.

Midwest Agri-Products Corporation Offers to Sell Its Sugar Substitute to Nice