Author Archives: Stuart Malawer

  Good piece in the New York Times today discussing foreign investment into U.S. manufacturing and the role of cities and states in promoting this – all in the name of jobs. States and cities are on the frontline. The … Continue reading →

  The Trump administration is now on the verge of initiating a new trade case against China even while its prior case concerning ‘national security and steel imports has not yet been filed. The problem is the Trump administration is … Continue reading →

  The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has again spuriously attacked the WTO for the way it has reviewed U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty cases. (We have lost most of our cases for years that have been reviewed by the WTO’s … Continue reading →

Good piece by Steve Pearlstein of George Mason (Schar School) in the Washington Post today on tech companies and antitrust. It’s clear to me that U.S. antitrust enforcement is behind the curve concerning global tech companies. Current economic theories of … Continue reading →

  More on the emerging new federalism and foreign affairs as a reaction to President Trump’s foreign policies concerning such areas as trade, climate immigration, among other areas. This nascent development more than just resistance. It represents significant developments concerning newer manifestations of federalism … Continue reading →

     National Security and Steel Duties — Really. Imposition by the Trump administration of these duties on steel imports is a terribly idea. These type of duties don’t work, create trade distortions, endangers the WTO, and most importantly there is … Continue reading →

     The latest example of global cities bypassing central governments to conduct their own foreign policy and trade policy is the case of the City of London.      London is sending its own delegation to Brussels to negotiate directly with … Continue reading →

[From my Op-Ed in this Sunday’s RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH (June (June 18, 2017) ……………………………..]   A new aggressive and proactive federalism seems to be evolving in the United States. This newer federalism promotes global engagement and observation of international rules. This … Continue reading →

  JUSTICE GORSUCH, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND U.S. LAW — Justice Gorsuch displayed a somewhat confused & restricted approach to international & foreign law during his Senate confirmation. There is a critical distinction between international law and foreign law. International law (both conventional and customary) are … Continue reading →

       The new understanding between China and the US on trade is very welcomed. Even though it is very minor and a seeming betrayal of Trump’s campaign promises to the white working class.  Here are a few thoughts: The linkage between … Continue reading →