Which Way Huawei? ISDS Options for Chinese Investors

Chaisse, Julien, Choukroune, Leïla, Jusoh, Sufian (Eds.) Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy (2021) Springer, ISBN 978-981-13-3615-7

24 Pages Posted: 12 Jul 2019 Last revised: 28 Sep 2021

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Ioannis Glinavos

University of Westminster - School of Law

Date Written: July 12, 2019

Abstract

This chapter explores how recent moves by western nations to restrict the involvement of Chinese multinational Huawei in 5G telecoms development could give rise to ISDS actions. China has been increasing its outgoing foreign investment and is now a player with global aspirations as evidenced in the Belt and Road Initiative (as well as remaining a major incoming destination for investment), yet Chinese investors have not made much use of ISDS provisions to defend their rights under investment treaties. Investment protections in BITs and other multilateral instruments were conceived as tools to protect western multinationals against errant behaviour of developing host states. The chapter investigates the degree to which Chinese investors can now use the same protections to protest what they perceive to be discriminatory treatment by western host states on the grounds of national security, using the example of Huawei operations in western states. The chapter contributes to an evolving understanding of investment standards of protection, exceptions to protection on the basis of national security, as well as offering policy insight on the use and future trajectory of ISDS mechanisms in investment treaties.

Keywords: ISDS, ICSID, national security, China, Huawei, Germany, 5G

JEL Classification: A12, P26, P48

Suggested Citation

Glinavos, Ioannis, Which Way Huawei? ISDS Options for Chinese Investors (July 12, 2019). Chaisse, Julien, Choukroune, Leïla, Jusoh, Sufian (Eds.) Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy (2021) Springer, ISBN 978-981-13-3615-7, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3418929

Ioannis Glinavos (Contact Author)

University of Westminster - School of Law ( email )

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London, England W1W 7UW
United Kingdom

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