Merchant vessels. State vessels and warships of the two Contracting Parties shall enjoy freedom of navigation in the Shatt al'Arab and in any part of the navigable channels in the territorial sea which lead to the mouth of the Shatt al'Arab, irrespective of the line delimiting the territorial sea of each of the two countries.
Merchant vessels waterborne cargoes and intermodal services In relation to products transported between the Republic of Armenia and Canada, neither Party shall create or maintain discriminatory measures of any kind to marketing the services of, securing cargoes for, and transferring payments related to:
Merchant vessels of the United States lying in the waters of the five ports of China open to foreign commerce, will be under the jurisdiction of the ot1lcers of their own government, who, with the masters and owners thereof, will manage the same without control on the part of China. For injuries done to the citizens or the commerce of the United States by any foreign power, the Chinese Government will not hold itself bound to make reparation. But if the merchant-vessels of the United States, while within the waters over which the Chinese government exercises jurisdiction, be plundered by robbers or pirates, then the Chinese local authorities, civil and military, on receiving information thereof, will arrest the said robbers or pirates, and punish them according to law, and will cause all the property which can be recovered, to be placed in the hands of the nearest consul, or other officer of the United States, to be by him restored to the true owner. But if, by reason of the extent of territory and numerous population of China, it should, in any ease, happen that the robbers cannot be apprehended, or the property only in part recovered, then the law will take its course in regard to the local authorities, but the Chinese government will not make indemnity for the goods lost.
