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"Buy America" Provision Consistent with NAFTA National-Treatment Standard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2003

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References

1 See 23 C.F.R. §635.410 (2002).

2 See Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, §165, 23 U.S.C. §101 note (2000).

3 ADF Group v. United States, Award, paras. 44–55 (NAFTA Ch. 11 Arb. Trib. Jan. 9, 2003). This document and others are available online at <http://www.state.gov/s/l/c3754.htm>.

4 See Notice of Arbitration (July 1, 2000), ADF Group v. United States.

5 North American Free Trade Agreement, Dec. 12, 1992, Can.-Mex.-U.S., Art. 1102, 32 ILM 605, 639 (1993)Google Scholar. Article 1102 (1) provides: “Each Party shall accord to investors of another Party treatment no less favorable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to its own investors with respect to the establishment, acquisition, expansion, management, conduct, operation, and sale or other disposition of investments.”

6 U.S. Rejoinder on Competence and Liability at 25–27 (Mar. 29, 2002), ADF Group v. United States.

7 ADF Group v. United States, Award, para. 156.