So even without there being an Attorney General,

就算是司法部长不知情
somebody might be awake in the justice department

司法部门也会有人会发现
and notice that that's actually illegal.

这样的协议是违法的
It's illegal to sign an agreement,

签订这样限制产量的协议
to sign a contract saying you're going to restrict quantities.

属于违法行为
It's illegal, so they can't sign that as a contract,

因为是违法的合同也就无效了
but they they can just agree to do it.

不过他们可以私下达成默契
So Coca-Cola and Poland Spring could just agree

假如可口可乐和波兰泉达成默契了
to produce half the quantity of water each.

同意各产垄断产量的一半
What's going to go--what might go wrong in that agreement?

那这样的默契存在什么问题呢
Let's just suppose that that game's just been played once for now.

假设我们正在进行这个博弈
Suppose that this is Coca-Cola's quantity

假设这是可口可乐的产量