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Year the case was initiated2002
Year the award was rendered
Country involvedUnited States
Home country of the investorCanada
Parties to the disputeCanfor Corp. v. United States
Sector1
Type of investmentforestry enterprise
Nature of dispute / claimclaims arising from certain U.S. antidumping, countervailing duty, and material injury determinations on softwood lumber imports from Canada
Legal instrumentNAFTA
Rules / VenuesUNCITRAL
Amount sought by investornot less than US$ 250 million
Amount awarded / status of disputeclaim pending; consolidated with claims of Tembec and Terminal Forest Products on 17 December 2005; Tribunal dismissed all claims except those regarding the Byrd Amendment
ArbitratorsAlbert Jan van den Berg (Chair); Armand L.C. de Mestral; Davis R. Robinson
Decisions renderedOrder consolidating claims issued on 17 December 2005;
Decision on Jurisdiction issued on 6 June 2006;
Joint Order on the Cost of Arbitration and for the Termination of Certain Arbitral Proceedings, 19 July 2007
Statuspending
Linkshttp://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/CanforTerminalDecision6June2006.pdf
http://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/Canfor-Tembec-Terminaljointorder.pdf
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