No. "Intrastate" is within a state, "Interstate" is between states. Prefix "intra-" (within, inside) / Prefix "inter-" ( between, connecting) Some "intra- /inter-" words are used only in one sense or the other. For example, the term "intramural" sports to specify "within the school", and the famous example "international" for which there is no need of an "intra-" word (often used in this context for "within our nation" is the word "domestic").
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The Commerce Power The Interstate Commerce Clause may be found in Article I, Section 8: "...To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;"
Article 1 Clause 3 is known as the commerce clause, it says congress shall have the power to "regulate commerce with foreign nations among other states.
The Interstate Commerce Act made it easier to trade between states. This was due to having no tariffs among them. This was groundbreaking because everything was taxed originally at 4 percent.
Improvements in interstate commerce. To solve the problem of trade war among the states, the Constitution gives Congress the power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes." The word "regulate" meant, at that time, to make regular, or uniform. The clear intent was to give Congress the power to prevent the kind of discriminatory trade practices among the states noted above
According to the U.S. Constitution, Congress is to regulate intrastate commerce by lowering barriers to free trade among the several states. Congress is restricted to levying only excise taxes and apportioned direct taxes to the states, and is strictly barred from levying unapportion direct tax on the People. Congress is the only body that can declare war and it is strictly limited in that it may only coin money from gold and silver, no fiat currency is allowed.