Introduction

The first request for consolidation under NAFTA was filed by Mexico on September 8, 2004, in relation to two disputes filed against Mexico, respectively by Corn Products International, Inc. and on the other hand, Archer Daniels Midland Company and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc., the foreign investors alleging in both cases breaches of the same Mexican tax provision. The parties reached agreement on the membership and mandate of a "Consolidation Tribunal" to rule on Mexico's request in accordance with article 1126. A few days earlier, on 6 May 2005, a ...