Commentary

CHINA IS HAVING ITS WAYWITH US GOVERNMENTThe May 14 editorial, ''Bashing Beijing'' (Page 6A)

Assessments of the North American Free Trade Agreement have focused on the relationship between trad

China's bid to join the World Trade Organization is stalled, hurt by U.S. politics. But there is a p

The Napoleonic wars provided an epic backdrop for Leo Tolstoy's ''War and Peace.'' The French Revolu

Turkey is well on its way to creating another California, at least agriculturally. It is also creati

Less than three weeks after sweeping to power, Tony Blair has already broken an election pledge.

Most critics of NATO's enlargement initially based their case on Russia's reaction. Moscow would r

In their renewed campaign to abolish the Department of Energy, congressional Republicans have the ri

President Clinton's recent trip to Latin America makes this a perfect time to think about the North

As expected, President Clinton announced Monday that he will renew China's ''most favored nation'' t

President Clinton flies to Europe over the Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of

Competition brings benefits all around. It is the driving force behind improvement and progress. But

Brazil refuses to negotiate a hemispheric free-trade agreement with the United States until Presiden

Low-fare airlines have been a blessing for travelers and a curse for the large carriers that compete

Last week's meeting of the trade minister from the countries of the Western Hemisphere in Belo Horiz

Despite years of disinflation here and around the globe, inflation worrywarts are urging the Federal

Some 85 percent of Americans claim that they are, at the very least, satisfied with the cars they dr

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain insists he's not trying to grab trade jurisdiction fr

Imagine that you own a sports equipment store.Your state sues you, arguing that you sell a d

It's not even mid-May yet and already Washington seems to be coming down with a serious case of late

The future competitiveness of U.S. agriculture may well be decided in a matter of days.At st

President Clinton, who has exhorted Americans to ''compete and not retreat'' on free trade, seems he

This is payback time for the Bulgarian police.On the roads leading from central Sofia to the

How would you feel if your company used your 401(k) contributions to directly pay the retirement ben

Next week, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will announce how much U.S. farmland will be taken out

For over a decade, business leaders have been working to improve public education. We have convened

The North Korean famine continues to worsen, and the time for organized action is now.The Ko

During the 2 1/2 years since the Miami Summit of the Americas, the hemispheric trade liberalization

UAW'S CLAIM OF JOB LOSSDUE TO NAFTA CONTRADICTEDUnited Automobile Workers' Stephen Yokich cl

Oil tankers and their operation can be dangerous. But they are also critical in the distribution of

French President Jacques Chirac is arriving in Beijing today to mend diplomatic fences over long-for

Freeing trade sector by sector provides a practical alternative to regional and multilateral free-tr

With nearly 13 percent of French workers jobless and three-quarters of French voters disapproving of

Did you know that before Fred Thompson was a senator investigating the Chinese connection to America

Here we go again with the sequel to ''Son of Taxpayer Bill of Rights.'' This time, the Clinton admin

The Western Hemisphere's trade ministers could not have picked a more propitiously named spot to sta

The effort to bring Spain into accord with the requirements of the Maastricht agreement for a common

Investors beware. Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, seems determined to end wha

When Garry Kasparov walked away from his last chess match against the IBM computer in high dudgeon

The ancient Chinese curse, ''May you live in interesting times,'' can certainly be applied to the cu