Tribunal Finds Jurisdiction, Rejects German Investor’s 90M Euro Claim Against China

( January 15, 2026, 2:37 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Jan. 15 published a tribunal’s award rejecting a German investor’s claim for 90 million euros against the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for violating the Germany-PRC bilateral investment treaty (BIT) by evicting it from state-owned land and demolishing its buildings, writing that a tribunal is not a “municipal zoning” authority....