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• United States Code
• TITLE 9 - ARBITRATION
• CHAPTER 3 - INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

      When the requirements for application of both the Inter-American
    Convention and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of
    Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958, are met, determination as
    to which Convention applies shall, unless otherwise expressly
    agreed, be made as follows:
        (1) If a majority of the parties to the arbitration agreement
      are citizens of a State or States that have ratified or acceded
      to the Inter-American Convention and are member States of the
      Organization of American States, the Inter-American Convention
      shall apply.
        (2) In all other cases the Convention on the Recognition and
      Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958, shall
      apply.