Monthly Archives: December 2012

U.S. Treaty Practice — Hostage to Unrealistic Demands?

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Stuart Malawer

Treaty practice is an essential aspect of U.S. foreign policy. It is particularly important in trade and finance matters — from the WTO to bilateral investment treaties to international antitrust cooperation agreements. Treaty practice is important also to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Trade Relations | Tagged Argentina, conservative opposition to international law and treaties, executive agreements, foreign soverign immunity, global transactions, international law, multi-jurisdictional world, national sovereignty and treaties, sovereign debt, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. treaty practice, WTO / GATT legal system | Leave a comment

Domestic Interest Groups and Foreign Trade Policies — Forthcoming Agricultural and Energy Debates.

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Stuart Malawer

Domestic interest groups are often the major factor in determining the success or failure in adopting newer trade policies. Battles are shaping up for 2013 over agricultural issues between the United States and the EU — involving contending domestic interest groups in … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Trade Relations | Tagged agricultural issues, domestic interest groups and foreign trade policies, domestic manufacturers and exporters, energy exports, GMO's, U.S. - EC trade relations | Leave a comment

Two Newer Developments — Foreign Mergers and Satellite Export Controls — Contradiction Between Investment and Trade Policies?

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Stuart Malawer

Two pending developments are of great interest — relating to foreign corporate investments into the U.S. concerning critical technologies and pending changes in satellite export control rules. They show the growing contradiction within U.S. trade and investment policies. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Trade Relations | Tagged CFIUS, critical technologies, inconsistent trade and invesment policies, satellite export rules | Leave a comment

UBS Libor Conspiracy — Foreign Subsidiary Pleads Guilty — Why Not the Parent Corp. Also?

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Stuart Malawer

A Japanese subsidiary of the Swiss bank UBS plead guilty for conspiring to fix LIBOR rates. The concern among many is why the Justice Dept. did not also insist on a similar plea by its parent Swiss corporation. “UBS Admits … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Trade Relations | Tagged global banking, Justice Dept., LIBOR-conspiracy, parent v. subsidiary, UBS | 1 Comment

Diverse and Rapidly Changing Global Trade Landscape — Five Newer Developments.

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Stuart Malawer

Important developments in international trade relations over the last two weeks show how diverse this field is and how quickly events unfurl. They include the following areas: global antitrust, international taxation (transfer-pricing), newer non-tariff barriers (general national economic regulation), the Russian Federation’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Trade Relations | Tagged bank secrecy, extraterritorial application of law and regulation, foreign economic regulation of global transactions, global cartels, global transactions, HSBC and money laundering, international taxation, Internet regulation, ITU and communication treaty, national regulation and non-tariff barriers, newer non-tariff barrriers (NTB), Rolls-Royce and foreign bribery, Russia's accession to the WTO and he EU, tax havens, trade sanctions and U.S. laws, transfer-pricing, U.S. international economic regulation, U.S. regulation of foreign banks (capital requirements), UBS and Libor rate fixing, worldwide taxation | Leave a comment

State Incentives for Economic Development — Corporate Welfare? The Debate We Haven’t Had — Any Federal or International Legal Issues? Maybe.

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Stuart Malawer

The New York Times recently published a series of front-page articles on state and local incentives and economic development. This series was the culmination of a 10-month investigation into economic incentives awarded by hundreds of cities, counties, and states. Perhaps the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Trade Relations | Tagged cronyism and state incentives, infrastructure investments, large corporation lobbying, legality of state incentives, management of state incentives, metrics and state incentives, property tax abatement, public works investment, range of state and local economic incentives for economic development, sales tax reduction, state and local incentives, state and local subsidies, state incentives and economic development, state incentives data bases, state incentives or corporate welfare, state universities and state support, Texas state incentives, transparency and state incentives, types of state and local incentives, Virginia economic development, WTO and local subsidies | 1 Comment

Monthly Archives: December 2012

U.S. Treaty Practice — Hostage to Unrealistic Demands?

Domestic Interest Groups and Foreign Trade Policies — Forthcoming Agricultural and Energy Debates.

Two Newer Developments — Foreign Mergers and Satellite Export Controls — Contradiction Between Investment and Trade Policies?

UBS Libor Conspiracy — Foreign Subsidiary Pleads Guilty — Why Not the Parent Corp. Also?

Diverse and Rapidly Changing Global Trade Landscape — Five Newer Developments.

State Incentives for Economic Development — Corporate Welfare? The Debate We Haven’t Had — Any Federal or International Legal Issues? Maybe.

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