Category Archives: Global Trade Relations

U.S. Energy Revolution and Exports — Need For Updated Laws, Both Domestic and International.

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

The energy revolution in the U.S. has gigantic implications for the U.S. economy and its trade relations. It involves major confrontations between interest groups within the United States. It also poses newer problems of domestic and global trade law. U.S. industry that uses … Continue reading →

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Cyber Espionage and Trade Secrets — U.S. Strategy and Global Action.

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

The Obama administration has launched a new comprehensive strategy concerning global theft of U.S. trade secrets, especially when state-sponsored. The new report released this week  considers “trade-secret theft” as a major issue in the context of economic and national security. It also views it as … Continue reading →

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Currency Wars and Multinational Tax Evasion — Time for Real Action.

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

The final communique by the G-20 in Moscow implicitly addressed Japan’s recent monetary policies and quantitative easing in the U.S. The G-20 proclaimed the need for global market forces to set exchange rates. It called for resisting monetary policies that can result in … Continue reading →

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Global Cyber-Espionage and U.S. Economic Competitiveness — The Newest Trade Issue?

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

     There is a global cyber-espionage campaign threatening the U.S. economic competitiveness, a new National Intelligence Estimate states.  The source of this to a great degree is China. The Obama administration is considering filing a complaint in the WTO concerning … Continue reading →

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Extraterritorial Foreign Policy Actions — Drones, Detention,Targeted Killings, Cyberattacks — What About Trade Powers?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

     President Obama seems to have extended the extraterritorial reach of his executive powers by aggressively using drones, staking out a broad cyberstrike policy, targeted killings of Americans abroad, and continued detentions.  This is surprising given that this former constitutional law … Continue reading →

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Obama and Kerry — Foreign Policy and Economic Policy — Focus on More Rules and Free Markets?

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

     President Obama in his Inaugural speech declared that we must engage multilateral institutions and that we all, individuals, corporations and countries have rights and obligations. President Obama’s 2013 Inaugural Speech. He argues that all free markets need rules.      At … Continue reading →

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Trade Taxation and Trade Statistics — Both Need an Upgrade.

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

          Due to rapid advances in trade spurred on by globalization, the information technology revolution, and by pressures unleashed by the 2008 global financial crisis,  discussions on reforming global trade taxation and traditional trade statistics are now significantly increasing, rapidly. …..  There is … Continue reading →

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Global Shipping and Local Economic Development — Post-Panamax Ships.

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

     Global shipping and global trade is confronting a historical change when the Panama Canal expansion is completed next year and the new post-Panamax ships will be looking for ports that can accommodate them.       This potential change in shipping … Continue reading →

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Commercial Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and National Interests — Legacy of Hilary Clinton’s State Dept.

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

The commercial diplomacy of Hilary Clinton’s State Dept. may in fact become the greatest legacy of her four years, although  this is not generally recognized yet.  She has made commercial diplomacy and trade promotion integral to American foreign policy, partially at the expense of … Continue reading →

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International Law and Overseas Military Contractors — Corporate Liability for Torture? — About Time.

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Stuart Malawer

       Engility Holdings, a military contractor, recently settled a case which alleged torture by its contractors in Iraq in violation of international law.  It was a case brought by former detainees. Previous conflicting federal court rulings, in 2009, had left the general issue of … Continue reading →

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