Common use of Interested Party Clause in Contracts

Interested Party. The term ‘‘interested party’’ means— (A) a foreign manufacturer, producer, or exporter, or the United States importer, of subject merchandise or a trade or business association a majority of the members of which are producers, exporters, or importers of such merchandise, (B) the government of a country in which such merchandise is produced or manufac- tured or from which such merchandise is ex- ported, (C) a manufacturer, producer, or whole- saler in the United States of a domestic like product, (D) a certified union or recognized union or group of workers which is representative of an industry engaged in the manufacture, production, or wholesale in the United States of a domestic like product, (E) a trade or business association a ma- jority of whose members manufacture, produce, or wholesale a domestic like prod- uct in the United States, (F) an association, a majority of whose members is composed of interested parties described in subparagraph (C), (D), or (E) with respect to a domestic like product, and (G) in any investigation under this subtitle involving an industry engaged in producing a processed agricultural product, as defined in paragraph (4)(E), a coalition or trade asso- ciation which is representative of either— (i) processors, (ii) processors and producers, or (iii) processors and growers, but this subparagraph shall cease to have ef- fect if the United States Trade Representa- tive notifies the administering authority and the Commission that the application of this subparagraph is inconsistent with the international obligations of the United States.