The Canadian government is challenging the US Commerce Department’s differential pricing methodology in the ongoing softwood lumber dispute, arguing before the Court of International Trade that the approach is unlawful and that targeted dumping must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. In comments filed May 11, the Canadian parties also contend Commerce unlawfully abandoned its previously used “mixed methodology” analysis and argue the agency’s current approach fails to meet the stricter legal standards emerging after the US Supreme Court’s Loper Bright ruling. [to access the full story a Trade Law Daily subscription is required]