 Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980

The Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 was an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament to counter American assertions of extraterritorial jurisdiction.Introducing the Bill in the House of Commons, the Secretary of State for Trade, John Nott, claimed that its purpose was "to reassert and reinforce the defences of the United Kingdom" against attempts by the United States "to enforce their economic and commercial policies unilaterally on us" by "the most objectionable method" of "the extra-territorial application of domestic law."