(Archived document, may contain errors) 137 February 12, 1988 TINKERING WITH ANTITRUST LAW, CONGRESS THREATENS CONSUMERS AND COMPETITIVENESS ' U.S. antitrust law has been improving dramatically for more than a decade. Le&islation now pending in Congress, however, threatens to turn back the clock on a major part of the antitrust gains by hindering important business practices beneficial to consumers and to U.S. competitiveness.