Commentary

MEXICO IS FIGHTINGCOURAGEOUS DRUG WARMr. Andrew Reding's article, ''Mexico's Timid Flight Ag

On Aug. 2, 1990, the armed forces of Iraq overran the Emirate of Kuwait. Once America declared it wo

Don't expect to hear much more about Mickey Kantor's plan to fight bribery and corruption abroad wit

NOBODY, IT SEEMS, likes corporate welfare, least of all corporations. Both houses of Congress broadl

RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS have given the world a glimpse of what their policies might be like if they win t

President Clinton last week signed into law the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) A

CONGRESS and the White House face another self-inflicted crisis today with the expiration of the gov

When I moved from London to New York, it was like stepping into the television.The colors an

So it is Bob Dole.After two months of wildly gyrating political fortunes, worries of rupture

EU DOESN'T HAVE FREETRADE WITH MERCOSURIn your Feb. 28 article on French and German oppositi

TENSIONS ARE STILL RUNNING high across the Taiwan Strait, but signs of moderation are appearing ever

The multibillion dollar question is, ''Will it be big mo or little mo?'' Mo, of course, is short for

DEREGULATION may be coming to the maritime industry after all. A year-long effort by U.S. shipping l

America's highway users pay over $114 billion per year in federal and state fuel taxes, motor vehicl

The theme of Sen. Bob Dole's presidential campaign is ''leadership.'' He is the Senate majority lead

BOSNIA IS ABOUT TO JOIN the world financial community by becoming the newest member of the World Ban

All last week, the world's greatest newspaper, The New York Times, treated its readers to an extraor

BUDGET CUTTING FEVER has arrived in Australia. The new Conservative government, elected March 2, too

Restoring Florida's Everglades has become an issue in the 1996 presidential campaign. Sen. Bob Dole,

BRIBES AND CORRUPTION are the targets of the next U.S. drive to eliminate trade barriers. It is a la

For more than a quarter century, the province of Quebec was so intent on creating a French-speaking

EAGER TO REGAIN NOTORIETY, if not respect, the International Chess Federation, or FIDE, has decided

CHINA'S BELLIGERENT BEHAVIOR in the Taiwan Straits has drawn a firm but appropriate response from th

Another tanker hits the rocks, TV footage of blackened holiday beaches and seabirds coated in thick

Ask Ed Looney about gambling and he starts telling horror stories. He serves as executive director o

The Helms-Burton bill (H.R. 927) has now passed both Houses of Congress, and the president has indic

Washington's decision to certify that Mexico is cooperating fully in the war on drugs flies in the f

AVIATION HAS JOINED cars and computer chips as a flash point in U.S.-Japan trade. Tokyo fired the mo

CANADA HAS OPTED again for fiscal discipline in this year's budget, proposing to slash the deficit t

Diversification is the key word today in the ministries of trade and industry of the Arabian peninsu

The great 1996 trade debate has peaked.If, as now widely expected, Sen. Robert Dole, Kan., i

FETA CHEESE can be made only by the Greeks, the European Union has decreed. When the Danish make it,

Cuba's recent attack on two civilian aircraft has led to a worsening of U.S.-Cuban relations and the

TERRORIST BOMBINGS in the Middle East pose a grave threat not just to Israel but to the Palestinians

Russia's provocative comments on international trade are cause for serious concern in the United Sta

The dogfight for the Republican presidential nomination was fun while it lasted, but it's over now -

The European Union's air transport industry is in the throes of a major shake-up. Competition, priva

BOB DOLE IS BACK ATOP the Republican presidential field, but he still faces an uphill fight to unsea

IN AN ANNUAL EXERCISE, the U.S. State Department has taken a look at human rights around the globe a

The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund will be asked in the coming weeks to appro