Commentary

The Commerce Department's export control team is struggling to process as many export license applic

PRESIDENT CLINTON has an unparalleled opportunity this year to help dismantle America's costly farm

As the nation's railroads release their final earnings for the last 12 months, it's clear 1995 will

CHINA'S NEW RESTRICTIONS on domestic distribution of foreign economic data looked, at first glance,

'RUNAWAY VESSELS' HIDE BIG PROBLEMSYour coverage of the tragic sinking of the ship "Kathleen

WILL THE LAST REFORMER IN RUSSIA please turn out the lights when you leave? That's the preva

"Extremist" apparently is President Clinton's definition of any effort by Congress to inject common

In death, as in life, Francois Mitterrand continues to evoke controversy. The revelation las

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES are riding the crest of an upturn in the commodities markets. They should cash

SCORE ANOTHER VICTORY - albeit a small one - in the campaign to downsize government. The Conference

It's not political skill. It's not experience. It's not the promise of great leadership. It's the me

The homeless are everywhere and nowhere. In a nation that prides itself on keeping statistics about

A new era of trade policy dialogue may be upon us. Or is it?Over the years, administration o

Inflation is a monetary phenomenon. Prices rise when the rate of growth of money outruns the rate of

When I go out to run in my blue T-shirt with the four-letter word GATT, I find I cannot avoid a wide

FREIGHT RATES are lower when they are set by individuals instead of shipping cartels. That's the con

The threat of aggression is not a constant feature of the global landscape. It ebbs and flows like t

SPEAKING LANGUAGES, it seems, is of no benefit to dozens of bilingual U.S. Customs inspectors in Mia

A blizzard transformed this city, largest in America, into a tiny village. The Jan. 7-8 bliz

Rene Preval will be inaugurated as the new president of Haiti on Feb. 7, succeeding Jean-Bertrand Ar

WHEN RYUTARO HASHIMOTO was chosen to head Japan's government last week, he became the country's eigh

"Agreements are to be kept" is a maxim dating back to Roman times. It lays the foundation for contra

WASHINGTON has long clamored for a level playing field in international trade. It's now getting it.

As a manager of exchange rates, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin has few peers. For the forme

ON THE PRESIDENCY: * "In a time when people can subscribe to 25 special interest magazines a

SHOULDER-LENGTH HAIR appears to be all the rage among South Korean women, but to one economist it is

What do the tragic crash of American Airlines Flight 965 in Colombia, the president and CEO of Ford

FORESEEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, the Blizzard (One?) of '96 left much of the East Coast helpless when it ar

YEVGENY PRIMAKOV's appointment as Russia's new foreign minister is bad news for the West. It's bad n

RAIL WORKERS KNOW HOW TO BARGAINThe recent tentative agreement between rail carriers and rai

DESPITE THE HEADLINES and the eulogies, the Interstate Commerce Commission didn't really die on Dec.

Although 1995 was not a banner year for trade, it was not for lack of substance in the U.S. trade ag

Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, Southeast Asians have been voting with their feet for the West.

The British government could collapse at any time after the dramatic political events of the past co

WITH THE DEATH of Francois Mitterrand, France has lost one of its most significant post-World War II

SIX NEW COUNTRIES officially entered the ranks of developed nations this month, graduating from econ

"Daddy, what was the government?" ''That was something they had before you were born. Everyb

A senior U.S. official publicly attacks the "shortsighted" trade laws of a close ally. The official

SLOVAK PREMIER Vladimir Meciar, the bete noire of East European politics, is upping the stakes in hi

Labor insiders say AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is pushing hard to persuade the trade federation's