China Resource Products (U.S.A.) Ltd. v. Fayda International, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.

This contract dispute, which involves hundreds of thousands of dollars and the shipment of goods in international commerce, is actually the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Or so the defendant in this case apparently believes. The defendant describes itself as a small, American trading company. (See D.I. 13 at 10.) The plaintiff, on the other hand, although masquerading as a mere New York corporation, is in reality allegedly an arm of the People’s Republic of China. (Id.) The latter, “one of the largest governments on earth” (id.), stars as the…