Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2017
1 Entered into force for the United States Dec, 29, 1970, subject to declarations, 21 UST 2517, TIAS 6997, 330 UNTS 3, 38, 53 AJIL 420 (1959). Forty-two nations have acceded to or ratified the UN Convention of 1958, including the United States.
2 Done at Geneva on April 21, 1961, 484 UNTS 364.
3 Opened for signature at Washington, March 18, 1965, 17 UST 1270, TIAS 6090, 575 UNTS 159, 60 AJIL 892 (1966), 4 ILM 532 (1965).
4 United States-U.S.S.R. Agreement Regarding Trade, signed October 18, 1972, 67 Dept. State Bull. 595 (1972), 11ILM 1315 (1972).
5 The National Council for United States-China Trade was an outgrowth of the Joint Communiqué issued at Shanghai, Feb. 27, 1972, 66 Dept. State Bull. 435 (1972); 11 ILM 443 (1972).
6 Texts of all these Rules may be found in 2 Register of Texts of Conventions and Other Instruments Concerning International Trade Law 77, 95, 100, 110 (UN Sales Pub. E.73. V.3; 1973). The Register also contains the texts of the conventions referred to above.
7 Information on the Rules of Procedure of these institutions may be obtained from the Eastman Library of the American Arbitration Association, 140 W. 51 St., New York, N.Y. 10020.
8 American Bar Association, Section and Committee Reports to the House of Delegates (1974 Midyear Meeting, Houston, Texas, Feb. 4–5, 1974). Item No. 101c, at 1–2.
9 Id., at 3.
10 For an excellent discussion of the governing law, see “Arbitration in East-West Trade,” an unpublished paper by Howard M. Holtzmann, available in the Eastman Library, supra note 7.