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“Trump is preparing to reshape the legal justification for his tariff regime this week and push negotiations with North American trading partners into high gear, setting off a new phase of trade uncertainty for businesses after months of relative calm …. The calm is ending …. Expect new tariff action soon, previewing replacement tariffs for the ones that expire Friday. And a day earlier, Trump…

“The U.S. has announced 25% duties on many imports from Brazil, while unveiling a broader-than-expected list of exemptions, reviving a trade war that could embroil dozens of countries around the world as the Trump administration reworks its tariffs policy, one of its signature diplomatic tools …. The U.S. has announced 25% duties on many imports from Brazil, while unveiling a…

Two outstanding pieces appeared today in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal — both assessing critically Trump’s tariff policies and focus on geopolitics and national security in economic relations. Namely that his tariff policies have been a total failure and blindly promoting national security concerns over economic efficiency is questionable (if not wrong). “During his first term,…

What is happening to U.S. observing international law and being the world leader in promoting international Law? Just this week the Supreme Court has rejected some very-long standing judicial rules implementing international law in the United States (Alien ort Statute, Tortue Victims Protection Act, Foreign Immunities Act). Also the International Criminal Court has filed suit against Trump in…

GMU Graduate International Transactions Program — Reunion of Initial Graduates After 36 Years. Recent reunion of initial graduates (early 1990’s) of the George Mason’s MAIT Program (Masters of International Transactions). Happy and successful group. As the Founder and Former Director of the program, I am really proud of them. The program quickly became the largest graduate program at GMU. Glad…

MAIT.Brochure_1_1995_.pdf This is the early brochure from the graduate international transactions program founded at George Mason University in 1991. Just had a reunion of many early students from the early 1990’s. Really outstanding.

The Trump administration has announced new Section 301 tariffs on Brazil. It has also just made what could be the first in a steady drumbeat of tariff news, announcing plans for a 10% tariff on top allies like the European Union and Canada and a 12.5% rate on other nations, including China. The USTR announced that 59 countries and the 27 member states of the EU had failed to counteract goods…

JEAIL Journal of East Asia and International Law (2026) Yijun Institute of International Law (Korea) About the Author   Distinguished Profess of Law and International Trade Stuart Malawer holds a Ph.D. from the Dept. of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School). Dr. Malawer has a J.D. from the Cornell Law School and a Diploma from The Hague Academy of…

New article on Trump’s Tariffs, Iran, Refunds and Chaos. (Journal of East Asia & International Law 2026). jeail_v19n1_12.pdf

So the China – U.S. China Summit is over. As some teenagers used to say, this was a big nothingberger — for the U.S. …………………………………………………… “On Friday, a group of consumers seeking refunds for “costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices” before the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s signature tariffs sued Amazon.com Inc. “[I]n a proposed class action filed in federal…

The new two-fold question — Is Trump intentionally disregarding US law as to imposition of newer tariffs and is he intentional disregarding the War Powers Resolution concerning the continuing Iran war? …………………………………………………. “The partisan battle over authorizing the Iran War has shifted to one of semantics, as the sides haggle over a contentious deadline created by a Vietnam-era law. On Friday, the…

New Article — Malawer, “Trump’s Tariffs — Chaos Continues.” Journal of East Asia and International Law (2026).

     Immediately after the Supreme Court invalidated Trump’s IEEPA tariffs he imposed new tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows tariffs for balance-of-payments reasons. This is now being litigated in new cases. Trump’s earlier tariffs have resulted in a surge of tariff fraud by importers. So it seems that Trump is continuing his weaponization pf tariffs — for who knows…

Economic tariffs and government taxation or punative tariff trade policy or duties imposed on imports and exports by a government on imported or exported goods as Protectionism to raise national revenue      A year since the “Liberation Day Tariffs” were announced, the war with Iran is making the trade war more difficult — Even more so after the recent Supreme Court decision declaring those…

VIRGINIA LAWYERS WEEKLY (March 23, 2026)                                                                 https://valawyersweekly.com/                                                       Volume 40, No. 43, Page 3 (March 23, 2026)   TRUMP’S TARIFF AND TRADE POLICY – REFUNDS AND CHAOS.                                                              Stuart S. Malawer, J.D., Ph.D. The United States…

    One thing is sure — the refund of over $200 billion dollars of illegally collected tariffs is going to be very, very messy, very political and not easy. Actions have been filed by importers (retailers) against the U.S. government and by retailers against the initial importers of record (‘consumer suits’). Some suits are asking for class action status.     Trump’s weaponization of tariffs, as…

Refund of Trump’s Tariffs — Really Tricky & Messy. Posted on February 27, 2026 by Stuart Malawer One thing is sure — the refund of over $200 billion dollars of illegally collected tariffs is going to be very, very messy, very political and not easy. Actions have been filed by importers against the government, by the retailers against the government, as well as against the importers (consumer…