Commentary

Economic activity in the United States appears to have bounced back in February from its miserable p

As politicians from both parties survey the rubble left by Pat Buchanan, one notable feature dominat

FREE TRADE in the Western Hemisphere has become a credible concept less than two years after it was

POLAND'S GDANSK SHIPYARD, which gave the country its most popular revolutionary, Lech Walesa, may ha

Most press reports on the impact of the budget battle on companies and workers focus on federal cont

FORTY-THREE GOVERNORS have it, and now President Clinton may get it, too. The line-item veto, a powe

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

CHINA IS SPREADING its combativeness to Geneva. Negotiations on China's entry into the World Trade O

American debates on immigration always seem to feature dramatic stories of new Americans who arrive

Aftershocks from France's crippling public sector strike last fall are still reverberating across th

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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