Monthly Archives: February 2013

Cyber Espionage and Trade Secrets — U.S. Strategy and Global Action.

The Obama administration has launched a new comprehensive strategy concerning global theft of U.S. trade secrets, especially when state-sponsored. The new report released this week  considers “trade-secret theft” as a major issue in the context of economic and national security. It also views it as … Continue reading

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Currency Wars and Multinational Tax Evasion — Time for Real Action.

The final communique by the G-20 in Moscow implicitly addressed Japan’s recent monetary policies and quantitative easing in the U.S. The G-20 proclaimed the need for global market forces to set exchange rates. It called for resisting monetary policies that can result in … Continue reading

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Global Cyber-Espionage and U.S. Economic Competitiveness — The Newest Trade Issue?

     There is a global cyber-espionage campaign threatening the U.S. economic competitiveness, a new National Intelligence Estimate states.  The source of this to a great degree is China. The Obama administration is considering filing a complaint in the WTO concerning … Continue reading

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Extraterritorial Foreign Policy Actions — Drones, Detention,Targeted Killings, Cyberattacks — What About Trade Powers?

     President Obama seems to have extended the extraterritorial reach of his executive powers by aggressively using drones, staking out a broad cyberstrike policy, targeted killings of Americans abroad, and continued detentions.  This is surprising given that this former constitutional law … Continue reading

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