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Year the case was initiated2000
Year the award was rendered2003
Country involvedUnited States
Home country of the investorCanada
Parties to the disputeADF Group Inc. v. United States (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/00/1)
Sector2
Type of investmenthighway project
Nature of dispute / claimclaims arising out of federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 and implementing regulations requiring that federally-funded state highway projects use domestic steel
Legal instrumentNAFTA
Rules / VenuesICSID AF
Amount sought by investornot less than US$ 90 million
Amount awarded / status of disputeclaim dismissed in its entirety
ArbitratorsFlorentino P. Feliciano; Armand de Mestral; Carolyn B. Lamm
Decisions renderedAward issued on 9 January 2003
Statusawarded in favor of the state
Linkshttp://www.worldbank.org/icsid/cases/ADF-award.pdf
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