Commentary

It has never been easier to gain access to government information. On the Internet, Americans now ca

Computer czar Bill Gates and a handful of other billionaires like him are messing up America's econo

Slightly more than a month ago, Korea inaugurated its new president, Kim Dae-jung. While Korea's eco

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

The latest trade policy wars in Washington are being fought on terrain unfamiliar to most businesses

Last week's news that the distinguished automaker Rolls-Royce Motors will be acquired by BMW - or, h

International tests show American students testing near the bottom of the academic heap in math and

ABCS OF MARITIMEACADEMY CURRICULUMAn article in the March 12 edition of your newspaper (''Ac

The European Union is trying to stake out the moral high ground in global commerce by calling for a

It is the capital's most strategic thoroughfare: a natural point of convergence, a dividing line bet

Discussions between China and the European Union in the shadow of London's Asia-Europe summit last w

The secret of ice's viselike grip on aircraft wings, automobile windshields and other surfaces final

Consumers for the first time in three generations, may be facing lower prices for a range of goods a

The 21st century freight market will place new demands on trans-Pacific shipping lines and their cus

The Clinton administration was stunned when Nelson Mandela, sub-Saharan Africa's foremost leader,

Blame the Asian crisis or foreigners misreading the landscape or even Japan's use of a loaded term.

Loose gravel has soaked up the pool of blood where the police chief of this rural town was stoned to

Acting Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko, 35, talks, thinks and dresses like the earnest engin

In 1992, the U.S. Department of Commerce began collating and publicizing monthly trade deficit figur

How will Asia's financial crisis affect the world economy? The conventional wisdom is that nations o

Recommendations by an OECD study group this week for minimum corporate governance standards are welc

The Surface Transportation Board was created in 1995 largely because Congress believed competitive m

During a typically spirited flight on Southwest Airlines recently, I started to wonder about other n

Thirty years after taking to the barricades, the generation shaped by Berlin's student protests is p

FRANCE'S MATIF TO LAUNCHREVAMPED TRADING SYSTEMPARIS - France's Matif exchange will begin to

During his first race for public office, Abraham Lincoln called for ''internal improvements,'' namel

Scores of ongoing flood control, shore protection and harbor dredging projects in at least 29 states

As anticipated, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the harbor maintenance tax - designed to fu

Despite President Clinton's attempts to downsize and streamline the federal government, the United S

Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and his deputy, Lawrence Summers, have been busy trying to drum up n

HARBOR FEES SHOULDN'THIT SHIPPING LINESYour March 9 editorial on Page 8A, ''The harbor maint

At a recent conference attended by foreign executives, the man endorsed recently as China's new prim

India's recent elections provide little cheer for foreign investors hoping to tap into the largest,

It was on an April Fools' Day, 1798, that the U.S. House of Representatives met officially for the f

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Supporters of open trade face a daunting challenge these days. Declining public support for expanded

Can the present record expansion of U.S. business go on indefinitely?Few would be willing to

In recent years, arbitration agreements have become increasingly common in commercial contracts, esp

The European Union embarks on a crusade today. Or is it a charade?The official launch of neg

Civilian travel and tourism in space is a likelihood within the lifetimes of most people alive today