Supreme Court Weighs Price-Fixing Case Against Chinese Vitamin C Makers

How much deference do U.S. courts owe to foreign-government characterizations of their own laws?

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration and the Chinese government squared off Tuesday at the Supreme Court in a price-fixing case that raised questions about how U.S. judges should consider legal submissions by foreign governments.

The case centers on a lawsuit by vitamin C purchasers, including a Texas animal-feed company and a New Jersey vitamin distributor, that alleged Chinese manufacturers of vitamin C conspired to fix prices and supplies in the U.S.

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