Commentary

AN OPEN LETTER TO THEPOSTMASTER-GENERALThe following is an open letter from a Journal of Com

SINCE WHEN ARE TRADEGAPS BAD ECONOMIC NEWS?It's disheartening to see a publication that shou

Regardless of what you think about the outcome of the strike recently settled at United Parcel Servi

Even from his vacation retreat, President Clinton is busy building support for a congressional vote

One of every five small businesses decides not to hire more employees, expand its business, introduc

The National Industrial Transportation League, which represents large shippers, is championing the O

Organized labor, feeling its oats after the Teamsters' settlement with United Parcel Service, has pi

A recent study by the California World Trade Commission comes to the same conclusion as most U.S. bu

When floodwaters threatened Germany's easternmost region this summer, sandbaggers from all over the

The United States is about to embark on another round of trade expansion initiatives. The Clinton Ad

Visitors to Thailand come away enchanted with the Thai people and impressed by the country's economi

The American Medical Association wisely withdrew last week from its brief flirtation with marketing:

TAIWAN AND THE WTO:WHAT'S THE RUSH?I read with interest Greg Mastel's Aug. 14 opinion articl

If you had lent someone $25 to buy medicine and he promptly gambled it away at the racetrack, you'd

Not much news is breaking these days, especially inside the Washington Beltway. So to help you while

FedEx Chairman Fred Smith's unguarded comments to The Washington Post last week about his face-to-fa

If you want to know whether English is really the nation's official language, it's wise to ask a rea

The science establishment is in one of its periodic snits over what it sneeringly deplores as quack

One conclusion is inescapable in the round of finger-pointing that has followed the tragedy of ValuJ

The United Parcel Service strike that ended earlier this week proves anew that often the strike is t

Some of my fellow Middle East watchers have been getting a bit anxious lately. They have been jumpin

The successful completion of the 1997 World Trade Organization agreement on telecommunications servi

Further evidence that the two-week Teamster strike against United Parcel Service may hurt the long-t

Could short lines be rhinestone railroads? Could the future of pocket-sized railroads - most only a

AMERICA'S RESISTANCETO METRIC SYSTEMYour Aug. 8 front-page article about the European Union'

Ron Carey and the Teamsters union are celebrating the outcome of their strike against United Parcel

Scratching around in the policy dirt to come up with proposals that are popular, noncontroversial an

It's no secret that Americans are frustrated by the inefficiencies they experience in their encounte

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's political heavyweight, resisted the urge last week to rage against globa

BOEING'S SUSPICIOUSEXCLUSIVE SALES DEALSA July 29 opinion article by Teresa Wyszomierski and

What do Mexico's recent elections augur for the country's future?For better or worse, the ol

Anybody who has ever bought breakfast cereal knows that a market-oriented society means individuals

All things being equal, one would expect the nation's largest transportation company - the U.S. Post

During the Cold War, the U.S. State Department and national security agencies were frequently critic

SLIPPING UP ONCARIBBEAN BANANA POLICYAs ambassadors representing the 13 democratic nations o

The bad news has been known for some time - the developing nations of Asia are in the midst of an ec

Are President Clinton's line-item vetoes constitutional? Only if he already had that power before Co

Earlier this month President Clinton used his ''item veto'' power to cancel one spending and two tax

With hardly a whisper of dissent from the compa- ny, the Teamsters union spent much of Tuesday cro

The Latin American and the Caribbean region has made enormous strides toward achieving macroeconomic