One of the reasons the people from the furniture industry put forward was of course the fact that the government had just turned down a request for safeguard measures for bicycles after the company had spent $300,000. Industry representatives were therefore somewhat discouraged at these results.
Another reason was that they did all the research and the inquiry themselves, but their work did not meet the tribunal's requirements. They say that they would have liked some feedback before the end of the process, before they had spent $300,000.
Does the tribunal provide some support to companies that ...