Commentary

As anyone in container shipping knows, good economic times and expanding trade don't always go hand

Did you hear the giant sucking sound as U.S. companies fled below the Rio Grande? Has your life been

To bastardize George Orwell, all mistakes are dumb, but some mistakes are dumber than others.

veryone likes peace and quiet. But it's all too possible to put tranquility above more important iss

It's official. President Clinton this week began an all-out campaign to win congressional approval o

We have failed in launching a broad new round of talks to liberalize world trade. But in spite of th

The growth of international trade has forced governments to become vigilant about protecting their e

In the bustling Suq al Hamidiya, the main thoroughfare of Old Damascus' warren of street markets, th

Being the good New Yorker I am, I have no idea who my next-door neighbor is. But I do know one thing

he Japanese yen hit four-year highs against the dollar in December, setting off alarm bells at the B

t's always wise to heed the old advice to look before you leap - even if you're leaping in a most pr

In the Persian Gulf War, the military had a name for its system of conveying orders to aircraft carr

Yemen should be one of the most thriving nations in the Middle East, not reporting increasing levels

Once again Congress is attempting to stem the hemorrhaging that continues to beset the maritime indu

With war having been declared on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe-Canadian National merger by the fo

Hereinafter, the word ''hereinafter'' is off limits. Same goes for ''hereby,'' ''whatsoever'' and ''

n open letter to railroad customers from four major railroad companies inspires a visceral, non-tran

The folks at Microsolutions Inc. have taken portability to another level with their new Bantam CD Re

he question of who should pay for harbor dredging is moving further from, not closer to, resolution.

Europe continued to spring surprises into the new millennium, promising to be the continent to watch

The World Trade Organization Trade Policy Review Mechanism - the TPRM - is potentially one of the mo

Moves that backfire, products that don't do what they ought to: These are serious mishaps that hurt

t's not your usual case of a government declaring English the official language.Reuters repo

nly days into the new century, the two words that regularly dominated and distorted trans-Atlantic t

The New Year has started with a rush in the shipping world, and I, for one, am very pleased.

When Jesse Ventura was running for governor of Minnesota last year, the world-trade issue was off th

o, it wasn't the feared Y2K computer bug. Unfortunately, it might have been easier to understand and

NEWS ITEM: The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issues an advisory opinion that em

he issue presented a study in contrasts as the critical moment moment neared and passed.In W

Trade-wise, we may be about to be treated to the most productive session of Congress in more than ha

On the threshold of a new century and new millennium, global environmentalists continue to see human

Once upon a time, back in the 1960s, I set forth as a lifelong rail buff to save the American passen

As the debate heats up on China's membership in the World Trade Organization, it is already clear th

The battle over Internet taxation is in full swing.Proponents argue that standard retail sto

The transfer of sovereign authority over Hong Kong from Great Britain to the People's Republic of Ch

n a turnabout, the Mexican liquor tequila is gaining status as a sophisticate's drink - just as it i

The following comments are in response to ''The high cost of complete equality: freedom'' by Robyn B

Clearly, the Federal Maritime Commission wants a controversial shipping-rates issue to go away. Just

Did attitudes come full circle in the 20th century? It seems so. In the United States and Western Eu

1999 was traumatic to several segments of our industry. This year looks to be no different.L