Commentary

More than 80 ships have been offered to the government for use in its new Maritime Security Fleet,

Eight months after collapsing in a heap, the most important trade negotiations of the year have been

There seems to be an iron law of Washington policy-making: If you solve a tough policy problem on Mo

Reversing a decadelong decline, the U.S. Supreme Court is facing double the number of employment law

USTR'S TOUGHNESSON CHINA UNDIMINISHED In his Oct. 31 opinion piece, ''Making bad China polic

The federal government has been trying for years to figure out what to do with plutonium, one of the

James Thurber complained that you can fool too many of the people too much of the time. But now that

Nedlloyd, take a bow.Nedlloyd Lines (U.S.A.) Corp., part of the Dutch transport conglomerate

In war, it makes little sense to achieve victory or peace if, in the process, you have ''made a dese

No sooner did the polls close last week than a wave of political detente and cooperation swept throu

It's Britain against the rest of the 15-nation European Union again, this time over an EU court deci

We know that almost three out of five Americans (58 percent) think it's their right to take a keepsa

The news for America may be considerably worse than what you've heard.Although Monday mornin

Federico Pena this week joined the long list of Clinton Cabinet officials headed for the exits. As t

The federal government's entire portfolio of non-grant foreign economic aid, including export loans,

Now that the election results are in from the United States, people here are pondering where the rea

Before signing a mortgage, home buyers are given pages of detail about interest rates, prepayment, p

It's time for human rights activists and trade warriors to stop bashing China. Despite their protest

Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor's departure from the Clinton administration leaves supporters of fr

Historically, Africa has been overlooked as a commercial partner for the United States. Slowly, that

Her left hand shakes from early tremors of Parkinson's disease. She's 58 and dreams of sticking her

Washington is chattering about bipartisanship and may even achieve some measure of cooperation in th

The U.N.-sponsored World Food Summit, which opened in Rome Wednesday, is a good idea. The world will

AIR CARGO EFFICIENCYHOBBLED BY POSTAL RULESThere are a couple of problems with your article

It was when I saw a poster announcing the preparatory summit for the sixth First Ladies of the Ameri

The probable shutdown of the Connecticut Yankee nuclear plant has generated a predictable response f

If President Clinton and Vice President Gore are interested in ''reinventing government'' in their s

President Clinton began his first term with a remarkable trade record that included completion of th

If so much weren't at stake for global transportation companies, a recent call for the Federal Marit

MERCOSUR DOESN'T DESERVETO BE CALLED PROTECTIONISTYour poorly researched Oct. 31 editorial (

When we turn on a tap in this country, we expect to get clean water. But recent experiences are unde

Behold Fidel Castro. One day in Santiago, delivering a stern warning about the dangers of economic n

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORSDON'T RUN US TRADE POLICYAlthough Alan Tonelson and I disagree on the p

Three cheers for Canadian telecom regulators, who last week banned unsolicited ''junk'' faxes sent t

Have you seen the latest jobless numbers? Only 5.2 percent of the nation's workers were out of work

If a patient comes to a hospital with a serious wound, a sensible doctor would do more than apply Ba

When Fidel Castro dies, if he ever does, the sun will shine with such rare brilliance that the lovel

President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon's attempt to craft a ''Solomonic'' approach - in the words o

The mathematics are starting to look impossible as Prime Minister John Major tries to work out the o

Many state legislatures and Congress are beginning to respond to voter concerns about managed care w