Author Archives: Stuart Malawer

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About Stuart Malawer

Distinguished Service Professor of Law & International Trade at George Mason University (Schar School of Public Policy).

Three Recent Trade Developments — Currencies, Antitrust and Sanctions — Overlooked Observations.

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

                                                 The following three developments over the last few weeks are particularly interesting. One, currency devaluations may not actually help exports. Two, various countries are now applying antitrust rules to global technology firms (Google). Three, lifting Iranian trade sanctions pose a … Continue reading →

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Law, International Transactions & Federal Courts — Forex, Trade Sanctions, Corruption (FCPA) & Alien Torts.

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

                                                          This summer has not proven to be dull in international legal cases from the federal courts impacting international transactions and issues concerning China, Cuba, Iran and others. These cases and issues involve, among others, foreign corruption (FCPA), foreign antitrust … Continue reading →

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Trade Developments on the Federal & State Levels — Growing Criticism, But Some Success.

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

                                                                     Major developments in global trade last month, on the federal level, include the enactment of the ‘Fast Track’ legislation and trade adjustment assistance. On the state level, state incentives for economic development focusing on export promotion and foreign … Continue reading →

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Does U.S. Law Bring Order to Global Commerce? Yes, in Many Cases.

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

                                          Trade and international legal developments concerning corruption, price-fixing conspiracies, the TPP debate, international accounting and tax rules continue to illustrate the importance of global trade and U.S. law over the last few weeks. Most interesting is  the application … Continue reading →

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U.S. & Global Trade — U.S. Global Leadership Role at Issue.

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

     Most important trade news the last few weeks have concerned TPA and Congress and the recent  blocking of TPA on procedural grounds in the Senate. This is extremely unfortunate for a broad range of reasons  including economic, geopolitical and … Continue reading →

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Ever-Expanding Topics within Global Trade — A Dynamic and Critical Aspect of Global Politics.

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

                                             A broad range of trade actions have occurred within the last few weeks impacting areas not recently addressed. They include among others: cyber espionage and new U.S. asset controls relating  to cyber espionage, new EU antitrust cases … Continue reading →

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Growing Importance of Many Factors to Global Trade & of Trade to Global Policy.

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

     There have been several interesting developments in global trade the last few weeks reflecting the greater role it has to play in the global system and the broad factors influencing trade policy. They include the emergence of the Chinese initiative concerning … Continue reading →

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Is the U.S. Trade Offensive Against China Really Helping? Are China’s Newer Actions a Mirror of Ours?

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

     A recent article in the American Lawyer (March 12, 2015) entitled “The U.S. Offensive in the China Trade War” argues the case that the U.S. WTO litigation and domestic actions are not justified. They amount to protectionism and are counter-productive. It makes … Continue reading →

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Is Trade and Its Expanded Definition Now the Core of International Relations? Seems So ….

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

        A host of  very broad trade issues continue to arise globally the last few weeks especially including their legal and policy aspects. They demonstrate how broad and encompassing global trade realties are today. Some include the following: new … Continue reading →

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Global Taxation and International Arbitration for Investors … Two Critical Issues in Need of Resolution.

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Stuart Malawer

       Both China and the U.S. are independently addressing the issue of global taxation of their firms and multinationals doing business in their countries. Very interesting development. Another interesting event is the stalemate between the U.S. and the EU … Continue reading →

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