U.S. Code » Title 9 » Chapter CHAPTER 3— INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

9 U.S.C. § 304

Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral decisions and awards; reciprocity

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Arbitral decisions or awards made in the territory of a foreign State shall, on the basis of reciprocity, be recognized and enforced under this chapter only if that State has ratified or acceded to the Inter-American Convention.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: In Re the Arbitration Between Trans Chem. Ltd. & China Nat'l MacHiney Imp. & Exp. Corp., 978 F. Supp. 266 (S.D. Tex. 1997).
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In Re the Arbitration Between Trans Chem. Ltd. & China Nat'l MacHiney Imp. & Exp. Corp., 978 F. Supp. 266 (S.D. Tex. 1997). · cites it 2× “” 9 U.S.C. § 304 . Congress noted that section 304 is “intended only to be a rule of reciprocity.”
Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 292 F. Supp. 2d 1357 (S.D. Fla. 2003). · cites it 2× “9 9 U.S.C. § 304 (emphasis added). The Inter-American Convention’s reference to “a territory of a foreign State” includes the United States, such that awards rendered in the United States are not excluded from the court’s jurisdiction.”
Figueiredo Ferraz Consultoria E Engenharia De Projeto Ltda. v. Repub. of Peru, 655 F. Supp. 2d 361 (S.D.N.Y. 2009). “” 9 U.S.C. § 304 . “A plain reading of § 304 .”
Clientron Corp. v. Devon IT, Inc., 35 F. Supp. 3d 665 (E.D. Pa. 2014). · cites it 2× “*674 9 U.S.C. § 304 . Chapter 3 of the FAA underscores the notion that, when Congress intends to implement a declaration made by a ratifying Senate, it includes that declaration in the treaty’s implementing legislation.”
Productos Mercantiles E Industriales, S.A. v. Faberge USA, Inc., 23 F.3d 41 (2d Cir. 1994). “9 U.S.C. § 304 (Supp. IV 1992). Appellants contend that these provisions limit the federal courts’ jurisdiction over arbitration awards to awards rendered in foreign countries that are signatories to the Inter-American Convention.”
Am. Life Ins. v. Parra, 269 F. Supp. 2d 519 (D. Del. 2003). “See 9 U.S.C.A. § 304 (“Arbitral decisions or awards made in the territory of a foreign State shall .”
Sigma Constructores, S.A. v. Repub. of Guatemala (D.D.C. 2026). · cites it 2× “” 9 U.S.C. § 304 (emphasis added). The arbitral decision here was made in Guatemala, a party to the Panama Convention, so courts have been “affirmatively and unmistakably instructed that [§ 304’s enforcement provision] should apply to [such] foreign conduct.”
Productos Roche S.A. v. Iutum Servs. Corp. (S.D. Fla. 2020). “) (citing 9 U.S.C. § 304 ). “In 9 U.S.C. § 301 , section 207 of the FAA is incorporated by reference and applied to Panama Convention awards.”
Egi-vsr, LLC v. Huber (S.D.N.Y. 2020). “MD 1, and under the standards for determining which of the two conventions apply, this Court would apply the Panama Convention, 9 U.S.C. §§ 304–305 (prioritizing the Panama Convention where the arbitral decision was made in the territory of a foreign State and a majority of…”
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