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Soon the world will gather in Seattle to kick off the next round of trade liberalization talks. As t

Who do you know who is an honorary doctor of humane letters at California State University, an honor

If you conduct business in Europe, how you respond to the euro could mean the difference between you

Gen. Pervez Musharraf may have acted boldly in seizing power in Pakistan three weeks ago, but he's t

Growing anxiety underlies the bright economic news in the country. That may seem ironic at a time th

The end of the Cold War is spawning fresh hope in a little-expected place, Indonesia, where the sele

As surely as wars are won by bleeding, elections are won by choosing. Russian Prime Minister Vladimi

Rep. Henry Hyde may well persuade Congress to eliminate the antitrust immunity that allows ocean car

Word recently leaked out that the United States had lost an important World Trade Organization decis

Who said: ''Given the chance to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, we shall soon

Is it premature to move articles relating to ocean transport to The Journal of Commerce commodities

It's not supposed to happen this way.For the second time in a month, a far-right party has t

Overshadowed by grander themes in an impassioned speech on global poverty and peace the other night

Fidel Castro this week stuck his rhetorical thumb in the United States' eye once again.Some

While non-governmental organizations prepare massive demonstrations at Seattle against a new round o

For those of you who missed it, two weeks ago was Boss' Day. Judging by the offices I have seen arou

Two recent cases regarding the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, known as OPA '90, will have a significant

The idea behind the House Republicans' bid to cut congressional salaries isn't a bad one: At a time

Good bye, Glass-Steagall. Hello to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999.It seemed like it woul

Cuba is a society in contradiction between its official ideology and its unofficial economic realiti

It seems like such a simple idea. Make it so there's just one place where importers and exporters ca

The Food and Drug Administration has wisely decided to hold a series of public meetings this fall to

Linda Paralez found an agency wrapped in red tape when she went to work for Seattle's Department of

There is a critical issue that affects the maritime industry now and will affect it even more in the

E-commerce: simply put, the ability for someone you never see, talk to or know to sell you goods, si

Since the Industrial Revolution, every decade has had its unique defining characteristics - innovati

No one is going to accuse Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., of patience when it comes to the Ocean Shipping R

European air transport, for long rigged by airline-owning governments, has an air of the Wild West a

Industrial espionage is an intangible problem that companies and governments are reluctant to admit

When will the railroad industry finally get it right?That question must be foremost in shipp

Ever since Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule in 1997, Beijing's Communist leaders have been promisi

I read with interest the article ''Alaskans prepare to tax cruise visitors'' (Oct. 12, Shipcard Sect

In Luxembourg until recent times, the Dancing Procession of Echternach, an annual religious pilgrima

Last week I detailed the doings of China Shipping Group, that Shanghai-based organization with an ap

Prodded by the science establishment, the State Department has again expressed interest in acquiring

Does Asia matter?Eurocentrists ready to write off any promising growth future for Asia point

The battle between carriers and shippers over costs has generated an unintended side effect that cou

You wouldn't want to have been in Nicholas White's shoes earlier this month. But there's at least on

The new round of global trade negotiations expected to be launched late next month will provide a un

We're just five weeks away from America's largest trade fair ever - the trade ministers' meeting in