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Aviation has become the latest bugbear in U.S.-Japan trade, and the dispute is approaching a critica

JAPAN'S STEEL INDUSTRY:UNDER THE KNIFERegarding your July 10 editorial, ''Remaking Japan'' (

The Jones Act reform bill recently introduced by Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., would inject life into a

Persistently benign inflation accompanied by low unemployment poses a serious challenge for the rece

As Llewellyn Rockwell argues ably on this page, there's not much value to be found for the American

Athough much is made of Japan's trade surplus with the United States and an unresolved territorial d

After walking away in a huff from global financial services talks two years ago, the United States h

Mexican history abounds with anecdotes about leaders' missing appendages. Cognoscenti insist that 19

In a glorious testament to the benefits of free trade, the firecrackers people lit to celebrate Inde

For most of us, sports have represented an extraordinary outlet. We've rooted for the home team, app

Congress is dabbling in diplomacy again, and making a mess of it.The House last week overwhe

As every reader of Dilbert knows, enormous amounts of time and attention are given to developing, di

Ever wonder why the number of lawyers in Washington is exploding?Two reasons stand out. Firs

In 1994, the year the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect, Celadon Trucking - now a $165

Just as the United States was positioning itself to reach a historic ''open skies'' agreement with J

A recent survey by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University shows Americans are increasingly

Poland, newly admitted to NATO, also is a candidate for membership in the European Union. But Poland

If membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were based on military competence, the allia

As our Washington report notes nearby, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank wants to make board members o

The balanced-budget compromise the White House and Congress have agreed to in principle bears all th

Former GOP standard-bearer Bob Dole, an agnostic on free trade during last year's presidential race,

His given name is that of Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec leader, who fought a desperate battle to head o

Is long-distance passenger rail travel destined for the scrap heap of American history?Recen

The Highwaymen:Warriors of the InformationSuperhighwayBy Ken Auletta334 page

In another era, women were ignored by financial pros who focused their sales pitches on the men of t

With the British out of Hong Kong, it is Japan's turn to feel the heat of China's state-sponsored na

Normally, it is domestic producers who lobby Congress for protection from cheaper, higher quality im

A number of years ago a movie depicted a phony planetary exploration in which the government conspir

At their recent summit in Denver, Group of 7 leaders urged the World Trade Organization to reach an

With America now into the serious vocation of vacation, the proper way to frolic on the water comes

Ah, summer. Time for trips to the beach, visits to the neighborhood pool, concerts in the park. It's

The application by CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. to divide Conrail poses one critical questio

Sabers are rattling again along the world's longest undefended border.The United States and

The NASA stunt celebrating the nation's July 4 weekend was to revisit Mars, set loose a little robot

Top Silicon Valley chief executives came to Washington recently to share their vision of their indus

As Americans and their French brethren celebrate a common history of freedom this month, it seems fi

Princess Diana's navy velvet dress, auctioned at Christie's in New York, went to the highest bidder

CLEARING THE AIR ONALTERNATIVE FUELSI am writing in response to Arthur Gottschalk's extraord

Battlements are coming down and Japan is opening up. To business visitors, Japan today does not feel

For the first time in history, more than 1 million U.S. households filed for personal bankruptcy in