Commentary

In retrospect, it is easy to see that all the warning signs of an impending crisis in Southeast Asia

Everything's coming up roses. The world economy is expanding faster than at any other time in the la

Beijing lobs shells across the Taiwan Straits, disrupts international meetings over semantics and re

Trade is tough. Even in the best of times, it is not easy to convince most countries to open their m

Watch for the proposed Ocean Shipping Reform Act to start mov- ing out of the Senate berth where

They are unwieldy, hard to enforce and usually deemed a failure. Yet sanctions aimed at punishing fo

Call it classic free enterprise if you like, but there are real dangers to the eating classes in the

Brazil's highly successful privatization of its Santos container terminal this week underscores anew

All of the controversy surrounding the NAACP's recent debate over school desegregation missed the re

Since gaining its independence in 1991, the former Soviet Republic of Kazakstan has been working har

To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the CIA this week is unveiling an intriguing exhibit of Cold Wa

With at least $200 billion at stake, the ''stranded cost recovery'' bailout demanded by electric pow

As the Clinton administration asks Congress for a renewal of fast-track authority in negotiating int

The Clinton administration's bill to establish a new grant of ''fast track'' trade authority constra

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram wants to bring India's budget deficit down to 4.5 percent of gross d

The Internal Revenue Service follows certain patterns in selecting returns to audit.The best

A few weeks ago Commerce Secretary William Daley raised a few eyebrows, if not hackles.The U

From a distance, it looks like a straightforward debate over spending priorities: Should the governm

The European Union is about to authorize another round of shipbuilding subsidies and, thanks to the

Career bureaucrats in Japan wield more power than elected politicians today, in contrast to the Unit

Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., has blinked and taxpayers are the beneficiary.Mr. Shuster agreed Tu

FOSTERING OPENTRADING SYSTEMSSusan Aaronson is right to lay out a commonsense case why Congr

On Tuesday, President Clinton formally kicked off his administration's long-awaited campaign for fas

Many investors missed warning signs that preceded the wave of currency devaluations seen this summer

Remember July's historic balanced-budget agreement? Bud Shuster apparently cannot. The Pennsylvania

Call it what you want. A war between an upstart politician on the make vs. an entrenched Senate cran

If you use electronic mail, you've probably received it.It comes unannounced and usually unw

In recent weeks, two views have emerged on the current state of the economy and whether it has chang

Republicans have tried for years to overhaul the tax code. Yet when given their first opportunity in

In the short run, the fallout from rapidly changing technology will be an environment where plants a

CONFUSION REIGNSABOUT CUBA BUSINESS I am writing to offer a clarification regarding statemen

At a time the U.S. Treasury is redesigning America's currency to foil the fine art of high-tech coun

A little over 20 years ago (Sept. 7, 1977), the Panama Canal Treaties were signed in Washington, tra

China's long history of central leadership struggling to control a far-flung empire has often left s

Three times since March 1996 President Clinton has denied Americans the right to sue foreign compani

The director general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, said recently that larg

First, this basic fact about unilateral trade sanctions: Overwhelmingly, they do not work. Also they

October brings the Nobel prizes, and with these most celebrated awards come real but rarely asked qu

The European Union's 15 member countries are wrangling over future budgets, a sure sign that interna

Republicans are now debating what to do with the budget surplus that they and others see in the fisc