I just want to emphasize that the legislation clearly specifies that national economic interest is not supposed to enter into consideration in the decision on the case before us. The legislation states in black and white that the national economic interest is a factor not to consider. Here, that factor is excluded. It is included in the implementation of an international treaty.
I would also like to answer a question that was raised earlier about subjectivity or objectivity. I am not sure whether this interests you specifically, but the Shawcross doctrine has two dimensions: members of cabinet are required to not influence the Attorney General, but the Attorney General is also required to not be influenced and to make his own decisions.
So drawing a very clear line between subjectivity and objectivity becomes a little difficult. In the final analysis, what counts in the present case is knowing whether the Attorney General made her own decision. As for the weight that providing unsolicited information might have, it becomes very difficult to see anything clearly objective there. The theory remains very subjective.