US Pushes Back Against Summons Amendment to Add New Party in Italian Steel Tube Case

The U.S. on April 9 requested that the Court of International Trade not allow plaintiffs to add a new party in a case contesting the final results of the Commerce Department's fourth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from Italy (ArcelorMittal Tubular Products v. U.S., CIT # 24-00039).

Plaintiffs led by the petitioner ArcelorMittal Tubular Products have asked CIT to amend their summons to include PTC Alliance LTC as another relief-seeking party, arguing that it is still early in the legal process and the amendment wouldn’t materially prejudice the U.S.’s case.

But there is no proof PTA Alliance LTC is an interested party that has standing to challenge the determination being litigated, the government said.

It said another company, a domestic producer named PTA Alliance Corp., did submit comments during the underlying review. But the plaintiffs haven’t shown that it and PTA Alliance LLC are the same entity or that there is some other reason for the discrepancy, it said.

As a result, CIT should deny the motion, it said.