Sugar Company, a U.S. firm, owns property in Trinidad and Tobago. When the foreign government seizes the property, the company asks a U.S. court to order the property's return. The court rules that the Trinidad and Tobago is exempt from the court's jurisdiction. This is an application of

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The doctrine of sovereign immunity protects foreign nations from being sued in U.S. courts, which is why the court ruled that Trinidad and Tobago is exempt from its jurisdiction.