In arguments on behalf of the Ministry of Defense of Venezuela, GST LLP attorneys claim that a US federal court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction because the contract at issue is military, rather than commercial in nature, and treaties invoked by US shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls apply to commercial matters. They also declared that an award in favor of Hungtington Ingalls is unenforceable due to arbitrations occurring in venues other than Venezuela, which had been stipulated in the parties’ arbitration agreement.