CAFC Issues Mandate in Suit on ITC Negative Injury Finding on FSS From China

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its mandate Oct. 30 in a case on the International Trade Commission's negative injury determination on fabricated structural steel from China. The appellate court said the ITC didn't err by declining to resolve an alleged ambiguity in the definition of the domestic like product scope (see 2309070058). The court added that nothing in the record showed the ITC declined to address the issue, adding that the commission didn't violate the law by deciding that the captive production exception isn't applicable and finding no significant price effects from the imports (Full Member Subgroup of the American Institute of Steel Construction v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 22-1176).