Author Archives: Stuart Malawer

China is Virginia’s third largest export market and is largest importer into Virginia. Virginia’s agricultural exports have increased year-over-year. (Major export commodities — soybean, pork, poultry, peanuts and tobacco.) So, what can be said? You need to be global to … Continue reading →

     Three Important China Trade Issues, not well known. Obscured by global politics. But these are critical. (1) Chinese purchase of farmland under 1978 Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act. (2) Restricting outward investment to China. (3) Requiring audits of … Continue reading →

        Historical challenges have recently arisen attacking “globalization.” These challenges to traditional U.S. trade policy come from the liberal, conservative, protectionist and national security communities in the U.S. This development has been supercharged by the global pandemic … Continue reading →

     Does global trade and commerce promote peaceful international relations? My answer is generally, ‘yes.’ But it is no guaranty. I’m reminded of the fact that Germany and France during the inter-war period had huge trade connections. Of course, this … Continue reading →

    Totally baffling. Why would the editor of the American Journal of International Law agree with the State Dept. and oppose having it list Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act?   By … Continue reading →

Excellent editorial in the Wall Street Journal today on failure of President Biden to formulate a viable trade policy distinct from Trump’s fiasco. This tracks my earlier article in March. Here are some main points of the editorial. The news … Continue reading →

Malawer, Biden’s Trade Policies (Year One) — More Aggressive than Trump’s? China and WTO Review (March 2022).

International Lawyer —A Dialogue with Dr. Stuart S. Malawer Professor Stuart S. Malawer, JD, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION Dr. Stuart S. Malawer is Distinguished Service Professor of Law and International Trade at George Mason University. Dr. Malawer graduated from the University of … Continue reading →

PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION TO STUART MALAWER, TRUMP AND TRADE — POLICY AND LAW (2021) PREFACE The Honorable Peter S. Watson, LL.B., DCL It is good news that Professor Stuart Malawer has selected and compiled the numerous articles that he has … Continue reading →

War Crimes —   Any remedies for Ukrainians in U.S. courts? Can they sue in federal courts for compensation? Really interesting questions. Not discussed very much if at all. Such litigation raises a host of complex issues of sovereign immunity, human … Continue reading →