Ethyl Corporation v. Government of Canada

Abstract

Arbitration — North American Free Trade Agreement, Chapter 11 — UNCITRAL arbitration — Place of arbitration — Jurisdiction — Procedure — Investment disputes — Definition — Whether measure relating to trade in goods capable of being measure relating to an investment — Procedural requirements for bringing claim — Whether going to jurisdiction — Award of costs

Economics, trade and finance — North American Free Trade Agreement — Aims and objectives — Interpretation — Requirement of national treatment — Minimum standard of treatment

International tribunals — Arbitration tribunal — UNCITRAL — North American Free Trade Agreement, Chapter 11 — Jurisdiction and powers — Procedure and evidence — Award of costs

Treaties — Interpretation — Principles of interpretation — Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969, Articles 31 to 33 — Application to North American Free Trade Agreement