ICSID Denies Sweden’s Request To Bifurcate Huawei’s 5G Ban Claim

(June 8, 2023, 4:31 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal denied the Kingdom of Sweden’s request to bifurcate an arbitral claim brought against it by a Chinese telecommunications company for banning the company from selling 5G technology and ordering its existing equipment removed from Swedish infrastructure, finding that Sweden’s objections are intertwined with the merits of the dispute....