Such quarrels have come to the fore because countries' economies are now so closelyintertwined through trade and investment that almost any government policy can have a discriminatory impact on foreign companies.
In rejecting broader liability the court majority also rejected the position of lawyers for the federal government, who argued that the three units of mutual fund manager Janus Capital were so closelyintertwined that they all should be subject to suit over alleged misstatements about mutual fund trading.
In truth, the two are closely related in Iran, and football is especially intertwined both with the commercial interests of the government and with its propaganda objectives.