Commentary

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

Americans spend an average of 22 minutes waiting in checkout lines to pay for purchases or services

After years of delay, it may now be possible to open truck access across the U.S.-Mexican border, us

Conservatives have a verb for liberal smear tactics. It's called being ''Borked,'' a reference to th

Japanese harbor officials, apparently, are slow learners. Last year, the United States and Japan ave

Of all the big news stories out of Asia in the past year, one major event has gone largely unreporte

China's vast size and huge development potential have created an allure for many multinational consu

Really big currency crises affecting many countries at once used to happen about once a decade. So f

There has long been a perception on Capitol Hill that to win re-election, one must be ardently pro-I

After more than a year in the wilderness, President Clinton has returned to the front lines in the f

Apart from launching a new round of global trade talks, President Clinton and European leaders also

Policy-makers in Washington and the 50 states are considering increases in taxes on tobacco that wou

For retiring the international chutzpah cup, a shared award is due the United States and the other b

If you own a truck and your driver hits a telephone pole and strews his load on the highway - or oth

The merger of Chrysler and Daimler-Benz is another example of the profound effect the new technologi

The European Union has identified a number of problems that threaten the development of electronic c

A self-indulgent, back-slapping summit between the United States and the European Union in London to

How can you tell the difference between a serious charge of sexual harassment and annoying behavior?

If we cannot guarantee stability, no foreign investors will invest in Indonesia.''That was t

Customs agents are used to asking tough questions, but it was the Customs Service itself that was on

At the recent Summit of the Americas, President Clinton asked his 33 colleagues from the region to '

A U.S. farm magazine editor tells me there is a ''nationwide conspiracy to eliminate farmers.''<

A web of corruption linking Japan's bankers to the bureaucrats charged with regulating them has shat

Measured by volume, 95 percent of U.S. foreign trade is waterborne, of which another 95 percent is t

Now that we've come through another eruption of inflated reports of the imminence of a cure for canc

As first-quarter 1998 earnings reports continue to roll in, evidence is mounting that Asia's impact

President Clinton likes to boast of American power and leadership in the global economy.Over

On the Trans-Canada Highway, there is only one privately owned four-lane interchange - the one owned

As schedules go, that of Kevan Hall, head of the British management consulting firm Global Integrati

At no point in history have Americans worked so late into the year just to satisfy the demands of th

One of the enduring symbols of the Cold War, the ''Doomsday Clock'' in Chicago, may be adjusted now

As leaders of the world's seven largest industrial democracies - and Russia - meet in Birmingham, En

If the news from India has been all bad, developments in China are more promising, at least economic

U.S. employers recognize it takes more than money to attract and retain the best people.Labo

Economic sanctions rarely make sense, but India's reckless nuclear tests this week justified the tou

Among the more ridiculous suggestions for solving Japan's and Asia's financial crises is the call fo

LINKING COMMERCEAND CONSERVATIONIn an April 28 article, (''Conservation, commerce can coexis

When the Malaysian-flagged tanker Petro Ranger disappeared in the South China Sea recently, maritime

The Group of 7 leaders meeting this week in Birmingham, England, will discuss the problems of global

Is Boris Berezovsky, Russia's billionaire financier, a schlemiel or a schlemazel? And as political a