Author Archives: Stuart Malawer

    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 →

      Another recent article lambasting the impact of neoliberalism on globalization and the critical need to rethink trade policy. I agree with most of the points made in the recent article in the New York Times. We have … Continue reading →

    Global trade relations are changing today. The rise of nationalism, more focus on national interest, and national security has redirected globalization from a stringent focus on economic efficiency to local concerns and domestic welfare. To me this is … Continue reading →

        Excellent piece in this morning’s Financia Times discussing trade policy and geopolitics, neoliberal globalism and global inequality, and global trade and peace. Here are some excerpts also discussing the WTO, China, and worker-based trade policies. I’m … Continue reading →

Antitrust immunity for OPEC and its members has been upheld under old case law for decades. This is very unfortunate. There is no reason that such immunity ought to be extended to OPEC members in this century. Especially, when those … Continue reading →

Good opinion piece by Thomas Friedman argues we are now taking on China and Russia and export controls is the critical instrument the U.S. is utilizing.  And this new American foreign policy and national security strategy is focusing on semiconductor … Continue reading →