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Court of International Trade Largely Upheld Determination that German Programs Constituted Countervailable Subsidies to Steel Company

German company's challenge to the Department of Commerce's determinations that German government regulatory programs provided countervailing subsidies to steel company.

BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH v. United States

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Court of International Trade Largely Upheld Determination that German Programs Constituted Countervailable Subsidies to Steel Company

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