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).

Trade Issues Just Keep Expanding — NSA Spying, Regulation, Financial Sanctions, ‘Fast Track’, FOREX, Torture / Corruption, Dodd-Frank …….

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

    The last two weeks have seen increased opposition to ‘fast-track authority, increase growing concern over implications of NSA spying on trade negotiations, financial sanctions, and application of Dodd-Frank to foreign firms as well as concern of liability for foreign … Continue reading →

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Trade and Foreign Policy — Digital Protection, Trade Negotiations and Foreign Investment.

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

          Very significant developments have occurred within U.S. trade policy and trade relations the last few weeks. They include a renewed push by the Obama administration to attract foreign investment into the U.S., the launching of renewed attacks by the … Continue reading →

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Global Trends, Transnational Coalitions, Global Institutions — Better Multilateral Architecture Needed.

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

     Global trade has slowed. The WTO is struggling with the completion of the Doha Round. Many newer forces are at work as evidenced by the items below.  For example, the role of states and cities in global trade is vastly … Continue reading →

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Innovation, 21st Century Trade Rules, Gov’t Shutdown, Trade Deals & Domestic Reform, Corp. Inversions.

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

            A range of newer issues have appeared recently in global trade discussions concerning innovation. 21st century rules, the U.S. government shutdown, the use of trade deals as leverage for domestic reform, and corporate cross-border mergers (“corporate inversions”). The following is … Continue reading →

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Doha Lite, Currency Manipulation, Investor Litigation, Corruption, Tobacco Controls, Sovereign Debt, Foreign Taxation.

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

          A broad range of trade issues have continued to be raised in different international forums including the TPP, TTIP, World Bank and the WTO. They include among others Doha Lite, Currency Manipulation, Investor Litigation, Corruption, Tobacco Controls, Sovereign … Continue reading →

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EXPANDING GLOBAL TRADE — Greater Innovation = Greater Trade.

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

          The WTO is about to launch a three-day global forum on trade, innovation and the digital economy.  The thesis is simple. We can increase global trade and growth, especially of developing countries, by increasing domestic innovation. This is … Continue reading →

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Newer Global Trade and Business Developments — Both National & Multilateral.

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

               The last few weeks have been very busy in terms of developments in global trade. These developments range from the continued U.S. court rejection of the Argentine bond default practices, to greater international arbitration of global business disputes, a new … Continue reading →

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US-China Trade Relations — Litigation in the WTO .

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

  This is a slightly longer version of my article that appeared in the New York Law Journal (August 9, 2013)    ………………………………….            US-China Trade Relations — Litigation in the WTO 2001-2013 Introduction. The WTO dispute resolution system is widely used and … Continue reading →

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Statistical Assessment of U.S. – China Litigation in the WTO.

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

The approach in my recently published essay assessing US-China trade litigation in the WTO is to examine the data provided by the WTO and the United States Trade Representative (USTR).  Specifically, this data concerns the WTO dispute resolution system from its inception, … Continue reading →

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Busy Summer for International Trade News — EU, China, WTO, G-20, Solar Panels, §337 Apple-Samsung (ITC) …….

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

          This summer has seen a broad range of significant development in global trade. This ranges from the first case brought against Russia in the WTO, developments in the G-20 and the OECD addressing global tax and trade issues, EU … Continue reading →

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