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Cargill Inc. V. United Mexican States

NAFTA Chapter 11 Arbitration Tribunals.  18 September 2009 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Arbitration — Investor — State arbitration — NAFTA Chapter 11 — Applicable law — Characteristics of arbitration — Jurisdiction — Whether investor asserting rights distinct from those of State of nationality — Countermeasures — Argument that action against investor justified as countermeasure for act by State of nationality — Whether tribunal possessing jurisdiction to rule — Procedure — Application for consolidation of separate arbitrations — Precedent — Authority of previous arbitration decisions and awards

Economics, trade and finance — Investment — NAFTA Chapter 11 — Rights of investor — Expropriation — Right to non-discriminatory treatment — Whether investor and domestic producer in like circumstances — Investor producing different product in competition with product of domestic producer — High fructose corn syrup and sugar — Fair and equitable treatment — Standard — Relationship to customary international law — Most favoured nation treatment — Performance requirements — NAFTA Articles 1102, 1103, 1105, 1106 and 1110

Expropriation — Indirect expropriation — Conditions — Investor retaining title to, and possession of, investment — Whether treatment capable of amounting to expropriation — Whether temporary taking of property capable of constituting expropriation

State responsibility — ILC Articles on State Responsibility — Whether authoritative statement of customary international law — Countermeasures — Conditions — Whether applicable to investor — State arbitration — Third parties — Principle that countermeasures do not affect rights of third parties — Host State taking countermeasures in response to alleged violation of international law by State of nationality of investor — Whether capable of affecting rights of the investor

Damages — Principles for assessment of damages — NAFTA — Tribunal enjoying measure of discretion — Loss of profits — Basis of calculation — Interest — Costs

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© Cambridge University Press 2012

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