United States Steel Corp. v. United States

OPINION

RIDGWAY, Judge.

More than six years ago, the plaintiff domestic steel producers (“Domestic Producers”), 1 among others, petitioned for the initiation of parallel antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, alleging that various Brazilian producers (“Brazilian Exporters”) 2 were both selling steel in this country at less than fair value, and receiving countervailable subsidies from the Government of Brazil. In July 1999, following intense investigations spanning more than eight months (and on the “drop dead” due date for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s issuance of its Final…