Commentary

Three years after the launch of Brazil's real stabilization plan, the hyperinflation beast of the pa

Once again, the thorny question of gold's role in a modern monetary system has been raised, this tim

The Fourth of July is the year's deadliest holiday travel period.Based on past statistics fo

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto commented late last month about ''the temptation to sell o

For all the furor on global warming, there has been surprisingly little attention given to the role

Last week's collision of a trash-carrying spaceship with the Russian space station Mir dented not on

HOW TO MAKE SHIPPINGMORE COMPETITIVEYour June 25 article, ''Agricultural group backs reform

As part of the fiscal 1998 budget, President Clinton pledged his commitment for a program to expand

Just before Canada Day, Ottawa received unwelcome news from a World Trade Organization panel: Canada

President Clinton has put his imprimatur on a sweeping expansion of the regulations governing air po

Ever heard of the Market Access Program?You should.It is going to cost you $346 million over

''Germany's future is on the seas!'' declared Kaiser Wilhelm II a century ago as he scanned the hori

Polls indicate that most Americans favor privatizing Social Security, which would allow workers to i

One sure way for a business to lose money is by messing up on reassuring the public about the safety

The World Trade Organization's dispute-settlement institutions have proved themselves capable of ''d

The 15 European Union member governments have come to an informal agreement to stop competing with o

A good way of looking at China and its ''reacquisition'' of Hong Kong is through the eyes of others.

Forget the ''giant sucking sound'' - the southward whoosh of U.S. jobs predicted by former president

The restoration of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty after 156 years of British rule is the occasion

Barely two hours after labor patriarch Fidel Velazquez died in the morning of June 21, the Gayosso S

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is one of a half-dozen senators who will be raising a glass this we

The way I understand the tobacco settlement, it goes something like this: ''We agree to stop marketi

Washington's annual debate on extending most-favored-nation trade status to China has become more pr

The United States and Britain, outraging Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp, have put business first and

The British have taken down their union jacks and said their toodle-oos and the Hong Kong Chinese (7

The United States took a drubbing at last week's U.N. Earth Summit in New York for failing to commit

Listen closely and you can hear the mewling from a mile away. The looney left, always opposed to the

Ending a monthlong battle within his administration, President Clinton this week sided with environm

DON'T SHORT-CHANGETHE IMFThe June 6 opinion article by Bryan Johnson and Brett Schaefer (''E

As the World Trade Organization reviews the U.S. case about Japan's photographic film market, Kodak

Companies are positioned to enter a new phase of cost cutting, and American workers should not expec

The news in the Great Tobacco War is on hold. Before victory can truly be declared on behalf of the

The Clinton administration has often sent China contradictory messages, angry one moment, friendly t

Today, a small group of maritime carriers is able to overcharge because they have a Jones Act monopo

It is always easier to spend other people's money than to give it back, and that's the lesson of the

THE SHRINKING USPRESENCE IN SHIPPINGThe recent acquisition of APL by Neptune Orient Lines is

Throughout history, every great change has been accompanied by demands by its opponents to ''just go

Now that NATO and Russia have cemented their relations with a new charter, the last diplomatic obsta

When President Clinton wanted to show off the achievements of America's economy during last weekend'

Last week's proposed $368 billion settlement to limit the legal liability of cigarette makers is run