of the Judicial Branch that its engagement in the task of passing on the validity of foreign acts óf state may hinder’ the conduct of foreign affairs.” Id. at 404, 110 S.Ct. at 704 (quoting Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 423, 84 S.Ct. at 938). The policies underlying the doctrine include “international comity, respect for the sovereignty of foreign nations on their own territory, and the avoidance of embarrassment to the Executive Branch in its conduct of foreign relations.” Id. at 408, 110 S.Ct. at 706; see id. at 409, 110 S.Ct. at 706-07. The gravamen of Count I is a claim that Kazakhstan breached the Management Agreement by “failing to issue an export license” to World Wide. Am. Compl. ¶ 93. Count XI seeks a declaratory judgment for breach of that agreemen 6 F.2d 1326, 1328 (9th Cir.1984) (<HOLDING>). Because the relief sought here would require
holding that a contract whereby a foreign state grants a private party a license to exploit the states natural resources is not a commercial activity under the fsia since natural resources to the extent they are affected with the public interest are goods in which only the sovereign may deal holding district courts order permitting general asset discovery prior to ruling on alleged exception to the fsia infringed on sovereign immunity holding the michigan department of natural resources liable under cercla for remedial actions which exacerbated the contamination at a site recognizing the need for limited jurisdictional discovery to establish exception to the fsia holding that licensing the exploitation of natural resources is a sovereign activity under the fsia