Unlike a more typical antidumping case, the government is not arguing that foreign producers are competing unfairly.
The debate came after oil companies insisted that ethanol was unfairly competing with their products.
Some opponents of the pipeline say it will unfairly compete with United States energy suppliers.
"If we're doing well in the ratings and they move us, they are competing unfairly."
Since nonprofts do not pay taxes, their costs are lower, and they can arguably compete unfairly with private companies offering space.
The city's landlords complained that the authority's office space competed unfairly with their own buildings.
But the department has never used these powers against a major airline for competing unfairly, choosing instead to pressure carriers behind the scenes.
We must be bold enough to hold up our fist to major trading partners, certainly if they compete with us unfairly.
He also said that private contractors often compete unfairly against public agencies because some of them provide their workers with inadequate pay and benefits.
Newspaper publishers argue that the telephone companies will use their near-monopolies on local calling to compete unfairly.