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(c) Concerted Action. No conference or group of two or more common carriers may_ (1) boycott or take any other concerted action resulting in an unreasonable refusal to deal;  (2) engage in conduct that unreasonably restricts the use of intermodal services or technological innovations;  (3) engage in any predatory practice designed to eliminate the participation, or deny the entry, in a particular trade of a common carrier not a member of the conference, a group of common carriers, an ocean tramp, or a bulk carrier; (4) negotiate with a nonocean carrier or group of nonocean carriers, unless such negotiations and any resulting agreements are not in violation of the antitrust laws and are consistent with the purposes of this Act (for example, truck, rail, or air operators) on any matter relating to rates or services provided to ocean common carriers within the United States by those nonocean carriers, unless such negotiations and any resulting agreements are not in violation of the antitrust laws and are consistent with the purposes of this Act: Provided, That this paragraph does not prohibit the setting and publishing of a joint through rate by a conference, joint venture, or an association of ocean common carriers;

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