most-favoured-nation clause

In a bilateral treaty of commerce and navigation, one contracting party accords to the nationals of the other party treatment equivalent to that accorded to the nationals of the most favored third country (most-favored nation). This treatment is achieved by concluding a most-favored-nation clause in which the parties promise not to treat the other party in a manner less discriminatory than that of a third country. The matters in which most-favored-nation treatment is accorded are not necessarily the same for each treaty of commerce and navigation.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "most-favoured-nation clause" is listed below.

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…2国間の通商航海条約において，締約国の一方が他方の国民に，最も有利な地位にある第三国(最恵国)の国民に与えるのと同等に与える待遇。この待遇は，当事国がそれぞれ相手国を第三国以下に差別待遇しないことを約束する旨の最恵国約款(または最恵国条項most‐favoured‐nation clause)を結ぶことによってなされる。いかなる事項について最恵国待遇を与えるかはそれぞれの通商航海条約によって必ずしも同一ではない。…

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