Author Archives: Stuart Malawer

    Great article in today’s Washington Post about the new toxic global trade environment concerning political risks — involving national security, balance of power, domestic policies. Here are a few quotes.   Investors and companies are facing the most … Continue reading →

  Two really interesting pieces appeared today on the dramatic change in attitude toward global trade in the US, by both political parties. One in the Washington Post and the other in the Financial Times. Here are the salient excerpts.   “[Disenchantment … Continue reading →

New article just published. New US legislation is more aggressive and raises a number of issues — involving national security, foreign policy and both domestic and international economics. Malawer, “The US Trade Relations with China: Worrisome Developments in the US … Continue reading →

          Both the Trump administration and now the Biden administration have attacked the WTO’s dispute resolution system, unjustifiably.     This attack has grown even more intense in the last two months when two panels ruled … Continue reading →

This is a good piece in the Wall Street Journal today discussing the U.S. and the WTO’s dispute resolution system. Too bad it describes the Trump-Biden scorn of it. Here are a few statements from this article. … The globalization … Continue reading →

    The WTO dispute Settlement system has jumped back into the news. Big time.  Now becoming the epic center of U.S. – China trade issues. Raising the legal issue of national security and trade restrictions. China has won its … Continue reading →

Abstract — As the Biden administration succeeded President Trump’s chaotic and undisciplined trade and investment policies toward China, the last six months of 2022 have seen the most significant development in U.S. trade law and economic policy toward China. These … Continue reading →

     Two recent and really significant government reports have been released (around the time of the U.S. midterm elections) concerning U.S. trade policy focusing on U.S. workers and China.   The first by the U.S. International Trade Commission (October 2022) … Continue reading →

       After four years of Trump’s trade wars here are three observations concerning tariffs on Chinese imports: some Chinese imports are surging; Chinese imports hit with 25% tariffs have struggled; imports of semi-conductors from China have cratered. Bottom … Continue reading →

          A good article appeared recently in Foreign Affairs arguing that global trade is now being changed by the end of globalization and the end of neoliberalism. I seem to agree with most of the arguments. But … Continue reading →