Commentary

Since its commercialization fewer than five years ago, the Internet has had to address the conflict

All hail the euro?While European free-marketers are cheering the conversion to a new, transn

U.S. taxpayers won't get to vent this year, after all.But if Newt Gingrich had had his way,

As you sign that nice fat check to the Internal Revenue Service today you may wish you'd been invite

Governments and multilateral agencies, like armies, tend to prepare for the last war. Thus the Inter

The face of international trade is changing. This is seen not only as the Organization for Economic

The Asian economic crisis seems to be receding or in a temporary pause. As Asia begins its recovery,

An important achievement of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was its

In recent years, Ireland surged on many European Union economic barometers as it attracted record fo

Two recent announcements dramatized how the world is changing. The next century will feature Chinese

All girls are good, they say in Russia's villages. So where, they ask, do bad wives come from?

Japan's economy is in recession, nearly everyone is pessimistic about the near-term outlook and the

The massive $218 billion, six-year Intermodal Surface Transportation bill passed by the House is $26

For the third time, Indonesia has managed to renegotiate the terms of an international bailout for i

The deadline is approaching and the conservative Swiss are recoiling in horror.To be charged

To observe our dog's birthday some years ago, we solicited greetings from world leaders, informing t

Speculation is percolating in Latin trade channels about President Clinton's upcoming trip to Santia

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has unveiled a package of cuts in oil output last

''Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.'' Catholic bishops in the U

Italian police say they have hard evidence that the Sicilian Mafia is involved in the smuggling of w

The European Union last week sought to tackle its underground economy by, as a first step, outlining

Curbing global investment flows will not prevent another Asian-style financial crisis, yet the idea

Before he went to Africa, President Clinton said he would not apologize for slavery. But he came pre

The International Monetary Fund is under siege. Strident U.S. opponents reject an American role in t

For the second time in 125 years, people in this small fishing village are battling the Atlantic Oce

First, a word in defense of Russia. When last month's shocking government Cabinet dismissal was flas

It's becoming trickier for marketers to stay out of trouble in an age of political correctness.<

Anthony Lake, national security adviser to President Clinton during his first term and failed nomine

In late March, the governing body of the International Labor Organization elected Chilean Juan Somav

In her best-selling book, ''The March of Folly,'' Barbara Tuchman recounts the periods in history wh

On Monday, a World Trade Organization panel ruled against the United States over a law designed to p

Trade and economics officials from the world's 29 richest countries meet in Paris later this month t

High-tech jobs were supposed to be the salvation of the American middle class. For years, we have

Call the human resource manager of almost any U.S. company and ask if it has high-tech job openings

The financial contagion that swept through Asia eight months ago may be over. But the balance of ris

If you read English, then please pay your telephone bill. If you speak Spanish, pay up or else, says

A major force behind our robust stock market and stepped-up economic growth is a rare combination of

The proposed merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group is a giant, $166 billion in-your-face challenge

A new era has dawned in the Americas. The aspirations that the nations of the hemisphere pursue coin

Angry striking towboat pilots pulled barges off to the sides of U.S. inland waterways Saturday like