§ 1297.11.Applicability of Title Generally

This opening section marks the outer boundary of the whole title: it governs international commercial arbitration and conciliation, a distinct track from the ordinary domestic arbitration statute covered elsewhere in this part. Later sections narrow down exactly what counts as "international" and what counts as "commercial," but this is the section that first announces the subject matter.

That subject matter yields to federal treaty obligations. Where an agreement between the United States and another country addresses the same ground, this title operates subject to that agreement, so a conflicting treaty provision takes priority over anything this title says.