Commerce has broad discretion on countervailable subsidies, US court rules
By Eliana Hubacker ( December 6, 2025, 00:43 GMT | Insight) -- An appellant’s arguments detailing why the US Commerce Department improperly determined that the Russian government provides countervailable subsidies to phosphate fertilizer manufacturers fail because they rely on an overly narrow reading of Commerce’s analytical discretion, the US Federal Circuit ruled today.An appellant’s arguments detailing why the US Commerce Department improperly determined that the Russian government was providing countervailable subsidies to phosphate fertilizer manufacturers fail because they rely on an overly narrow reading of Commerce’s analytical discretion, the US Federal Circuit ruled today....
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