On June 1, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court held, in GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, that a non-signatory to an international arbitration agreement may rely on U.S. state-law principles such as equitable estoppel to enforce the arbitration agreement against a signatory. The Court noted that there is no distinction between domestic arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act and international arbitration agreements under the New York Convention for purposes of the analysis.
GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC