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Significant changes have occurred in labor-management relations in the last 10 years. Today, coopera

Last March, the United States dispatched two aircraft carrier groups to defend Taiwan against, in th

When the heads of state and government of the world's largest industrial nations meet each year for

It's been more than two years since the North American Free Trade Agreement - and its labor and envi

The hysterical reaction in some quarters to Benjamin Netanyahu's election as prime minister of Israe

MORE BALANCEIN JONES ACT DEBATEIt comes as no revelation that your newspaper, more so now as

Pity Donald Johnston, the former Canadian budget comptroller who has just become the fourth secretar

The news for Russian President Boris Yeltsin remains mixed as the June 16 presidential election near

More rapid economic growth is, or should be, the central issue in the presidential election this fal

Many cities today are grappling with economic and social problems. Los Angeles and its neighbor, Lon

If you think Washington union officials speak for their rank-and-file membership, think again. If cu

Attention to emerging world markets has been a hot item in this decade. To date, however, it has foc

Critics have long derided the campaign process that sells candidates as if they were soap.No

A crusade has been under way in Congress in recent years to improve the quality of broadcast televis

European countries that have been trying to cozy up to Iran found themselves in a bit of a pickle re

During the last year of former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's term of office, Mexico was rife

Xenophobia has returned to Congress.A House Judiciary subcommittee last week approved a lobb

NYC TRANSPORT WOESNEED VISIONARY ANSWERThe fierce debate over whether building a New York an

Alan Greenspan is the world's pre-eminent central banker. Yet Mr. Greenspan's nomination to a third

While rightly criticizing pure protectionism, many economists nonetheless continue to do the cause o

SENSELESS ATTACKON MEXICOOnce again Christopher Whalen has written about Mexico (''PRI dinos

Foreigners stunned by the outburst of English jingoism and xenophobia over the European Union's ban

In medicine, the good old days weren't really that good. Physicians sometimes could do little for pa

India's political landscape remains unsettled following last month's election, but some encouraging

In Japan, government officials and leaders of the financial community are studying an important ques

Last week's elections have redrawn Israel's political map. A peacemaker prime minister has been repl

At long last the summer vacation season has begun. Many of us will travel to our great national park

Albania's right-wing leader, Sali Berisha, has dealt a blow to hopes for the return of democracy to

EU BANANA POLICYUNFAIR TO PRODUCERSSeveral points need to be addressed in your April 26 arti

Russia's Communist Party stands exposed. After months of promising a new approach to the economy, th

In the current tit-for-tat trade spat with China, the United States announced plans to levy tariffs

A prominent investment banker is saying the wrong things about inflation.''Fear of Inflation

South Koreans are increasingly eager to travel abroad for business or pleasure, but in Seoul many ar

King for a day: That seems to be the scheme the White House is considering to catapult President Cli

Advocates of continued most-favored-nation trade status for China claim this is a ''normal'' part of

In Israel, life goes on in the face of terrorism, as it does in London, Ireland, Oklahoma and other

Using the world trading system to enforce labor standards has been a hot topic the last two years. T

Evidence continues to mount that labor is becoming scarce. If this, in fact, is true, it may well ig

IN SUPPORTOF THE JONES ACTBill McCurdy's recent column ''Free trade or protectionism: More t

Bob Dole and Demi Moore have at least two things in common. They've both been taking their clothes o