( December 11, 2024, 1:51 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Dec. 10 scheduled a preliminary hearing on the Republic of Honduras’ argument that several U. S. companies that invested in a chartered island city in a Honduran special economic zone were required under an investment treaty to exhaust local litigation remedies before pursuing an arbitration claim for a maximum of $10. 7 billion in damages. . . .