While codefendants Orient Equal International Group Limited (OEI) and Huang Dongpo consented to New York jurisdiction in the contracts they signed, Haitong did not consent to such jurisdiction, and none of the exceptions to the general rule that a forum selection clause may not be enforced against a nonsignatory applies to it (see Tate & Lyle Ingredients Ams., Inc. v Whitefox Tech. USA, Inc.,
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