Commentary

The budget bellyaching coming out of the research establishment obscures the serious matter of wheth

MICKEY KANTOR has declared a truce in America's wheat war with Canada, although not without the usua

INTERNATIONAL TRADE, especially with poorer countries, is the chief cause of depressed wages and los

DON'T TAKE PORTS FOR GRANTEDYour Aug. 23 editorial, "Harbor Fees" (Page 6A), offers

With its 3.2 billion people, Asia is the world's fastest growing region in terms of national product

On Sept. 1, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo delivered a no-frills state of the nation address that

As the economy moves into the home stretch for 1995, investors should expect moderate growth and low

THE ROCKY MARRIAGE between Quebec and Canada may be headed for divorce. This week, Quebec's separati

It's Obon season, the week in August when Japanese salarymen take their vacation. All at the same ti

WORKERS' COMPENSATION, the sick man of insurance only a few years ago, is back to robust health.

AFTER five years of costly battles, Wal-Mart finally has won the right to operate in Vermont. The gi

Russia needs investment in modern technology and more financial experiencefrom the West if i

It seemed like a match made in railroad heaven. Germany's national railroad system, Deutsche

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE JONES ACTThe comments attributed to industry lobbyists in your June 23 a

REPUBLICANS ARE RUSHING to privatize everything in sight - everything, that is, except the one gover

Bolivia is undertaking a novel experiment that offers new hope for that nation's citizens and promis

BOB PACKWOOD'S SENATE CAREER lies in ruins, the inevitable result of repeated lying, evidence tamper

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION is still hounding former airline executive Frank Lorenzo. Last week the T

While peace talks drag on between Israel and the Palestinians and the Syrians, the quiet pioneers in

MARITIME OFFICIALS and media in several of the nation's leading port cities can expect a visit this

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION has long been Central America's Holy Grail, a means ofhelping the regio

* A Nafta dispute panelist, one of five examining a Mexican anti-dumping decision against U.S. expor

There is a troubling, almost sinister, tone to the immigration argument advanced by several Republic

BELGIUM joined eight other European countries this week by signing an "open skies" aviation agreemen

UNCTAD SUPPORTED TRADE SERVICES DEALKeith Rockwell's July 21 opinion article, "Resha

While it's still too early to declare victory, the signs are growing stronger that Mexico's determin

THE CASE FOR AMTRAK SUBSIDIESIn his Aug. 30 opinion article, William D. Fay criticiz

RUSSIA may have come in dead last on the World Economic Forum's list of competitive economies, but p

CAL RIPKEN isn't the only one on a streak. For the second straight year, the United States was rated

Nobody wants to share the road with exhausted truck drivers. I certainly don't, and I own a trucking

IF CHINESE OFFICIALS thought Hillary Clinton would hold her tongue at the U.N. women's conference, t

America's trade relations with Japan appear to be entering a disturbing new phase characterized more

Recently, William D. Fay, chief executive of the Highway Users Federation for Safety and Mobility, u

MOST AIRLINE PASSENGERS don't know it, but the compensation their families would automatically recei

Somewhere lost in the fog of history, Wall Street's twenty-something bond traders decided that easy

FRANCE'S NEW PRESIDENT, Jacques Chirac, promised an economic revolution when he took office in May.

In response to years of criticism of U.S. foreign aid programs, Congress has significantly reduced t

SOME OF THE WORLD'S POOREST entrepreneurs are also its best credit risks, according to pioneers in t

The reputation of Lloyd's of London may have taken a terrible battering over the past decade, but th

NO TAX BREAK FOR AIRLINESMichael K. Lowry's opinion article, "Stop the Planned Airli