United States Asks Tribunal To Bifurcate Canadian Pipeline Companies’ $15B Claim

Mealey's (January 20, 2023, 9:19 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States recently requested that an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal bifurcate the arbitration brought against it by two Canadian entities for terminating their pipeline licenses, arguing that the tribunal should first address whether the entities can claim breaches of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for a dispute that arose six months after NAFTA was terminated....