Commentary

The newly dubbed ''Chinagate'' affair has become a quest for a quid pro quo, as probers from the Con

Is a secretary worth as much as a janitor? Is a payroll clerk as valuable as someone who fixes the a

The brutal murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi is a sign of something very wrong in Guatemala.A ye

Perhaps the most important overseas trip in a year filled with presidential foreign travel is Presid

Partisanship is supposed to stop at the water's edge, but House Speaker Newt Gingrich is ignoring th

Foreign corporate activity has mushroomed, on both an aggregate and a region-by-region basis. The gl

Call it the dark side of international trade. The United States imported nearly $900 billion in good

Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s arguments against Judge Robert Bork's position on Microsoft stand on the

What does it tell you about the seaworthiness of a ship when the rats start jumping off? And what do

Many of the 12 million Americans who work in industries producing for export may not know it, but th

As the debate in Congress about the International Monetary Fund heats up, we need to be clear about

Is Russia facing an Asian-style economic collapse? The signs are looking increasingly ominous. Inves

SEMATECH CONSORTIUMHAS ACHIEVED ITS GOALSFor ideological opponents of Sematech, the governme

President Clinton and his gang may soon be wishing for the days of the Monica Lewinsky hubbub. For r

Signs are everywhere that the ice is beginning to break on the most anachronistic relic of the Cold

Argentina has been synonymous with beef and exports since its cattle industry first boomed in the 19

Jesse Helms and Fidel Castro have finally found something they can agree on: Neither likes the deal

The Teamsters union's ongoing legal troubles are not, as many would have it, the endemic sickness of

In money and influence, American research is now topsy-turvy from what most people think it is. Indu

ISRAEL IS NO THREATTO US ECONOMIC INTERESTSIt is rare indeed for one to find seemingly contr

Russia has no shortage of economic problems, but one of its worst is the failure to pay workers back

Here's a question most seaports would prefer no one raised: Is it fair to ask taxpayers to pay for a

Six years ago, the Danes held a referendum and almost aborted the grand project for European economi

In the wake of recent nuclear tests, the United States has unilaterally imposed an array ofeconomic

What is this display of macho leisure muscling into America's executive suites? You can hardly thumb

Monthly U.S. trade deficits continue to set records as the impact of the Asian economic crisis begi

The people of Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland face a historic choice today when they vo

In this, my first column for The Journal of Commerce, I address issues involving ocean and inland tr

The principal challenge now facing U.S. trade policy-makers and their counterparts in Europe, Asia a

This is a wonderful moment in American history. The country is happy, wealthy and at peace. No war i

It's easy to overlook corruption and cronyism when times are good, and many Indonesians - and scores

So what exactly did President Clinton endorse at the World Trade Organization summit in Switzerland

No mistake can be as costly as one involving nuclear weapons, as the world found out suddenly last w

Spinach fans and vegetarians: Cut me a little slack as you read this, please. Contrasting spinach (y

Tennessee banker Kenneth Rayborn is a driven man.Although he grew up in a poor Mississippi h

Bill Clinton's China odyssey, scheduled for late June, will be a painful spectacle for two of the mo

Imagine trying to compete under rules established more than a half-century ago while everyone else i

By now almost everyone has heard about the ''Year 2000'' or ''Y2K'' problem, the notorious computer

To his face, Indonesian President Suharto is venerated as Bapak, ''Father of the Nation.'' Behind hi

During the past decade, negotiators have scraped away many tariffs and trade barriers that interfere