Category Archives: Global Trade Relations

Foreign Investment and National Security – Restricting Huawei’s Contracts & Investments – Wrong Signal?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

Various attempts to acquire business opportunities in the U.S. by the Chinese telecom company, Huawei, have been blocked by the federal government. These federal actions have been based upon national security concerns over technology transfer and cybersecurity.  Global mergers and foreign investment are … Continue reading →

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Three New Bilateral Trade Agreements — What’s the Real Impact? — Economic or Political?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

Congress just passed the bilateral trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. This is clearly a rare bipartisan act and a success for President Obama. But what is the real significance of these new free-trade agreements? Is it economic (read … Continue reading →

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Trade Remedy Actions — Which countries are the biggest users and biggest targets? — Some Surprises.

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

Which countries are the biggest users of trade remedy actions? Which countries are the most often targets of these investigations? What are the global trends in these cases? Here’s some very interesting data from the WTO concerning antidumping cases, countervailing … Continue reading →

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U.S., China and EU — Recent Trade Cases — What do the Portend?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

The four major cases noted below have been decided by the WTO concerning China, the U.S. and the EU during 2011. What do they indicate? One, that China has won a major case against the EU. This is China’s biggest victory in the … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy is now driven by Domestic Economic Policy.

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

U.S. foreign policy is now driven by domestic economic policy considerations. Can the U.S. sustain overseas wars and military actions while China  and other countries are thriving and the U.S. is not? To me this is the threshold question confronting U.S. policymakers and … Continue reading →

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Free Trade and National Security — Stronger Foreign Economies are in our National Interest.

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

President Obama’s national security adviser Ton Donilon makes the free-trade case for national security when he advocates the passage of  three bilateral trade agreements recently submitted to Congress (Panama, Colombia and South Korea). He argues passage will signal our commitment to strengthening bilateral … Continue reading →

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Enforcing Corporate Responsibility when Banks Undertake Questionable Foreign Exchange and Currency Transactions.

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

Private whistleblower litigation and litigation by the state officials have been brought against the Bank of New York Mellon in courts throughout the United States including New York, Virginia, California, Florida, and Massachusetts.  Just this week the federal government (U.S. Department of Justice) also … Continue reading →

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Export Subsidies and Undervalued Foreign Currency — New Bill is a Bad Idea.

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

The U.S. Senate recently passed the “Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011.” This proposed legislation is very questionable. It purports to give a populist answer to a very complex set of problems. These problems include market access, recognition of intellectual property … Continue reading →

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Chinese Investment & State Economic Development in the U.S. — A Good Idea.

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

As a result of the 2008 global financial crisis and the Great Recession, states are confronting fierce fiscal challenges and the job market is weak. In addition, the U.S. economy is not recovering as it has in past economic downturns. … Continue reading →

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Two Questionable Trade Proposals …. “Buy American” & Currency / Subsidy Determinations.

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Stuart Malawer

The “Buy American” provision in President Obama’s “American Jobs Act” is viewed by some as an “anti-stimulus trade provision” similar to that in the earlier 2009 stimulus legislation. This may very well be illegal under WTO rules. Remember the uproar … Continue reading →

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