Commentary

You probably noticed already, but now it's official: Nobody got much in the way of a merit raise thi

GIVE BILL CLINTON CREDIT. His plan to balance the budget may be a few weeks late and several billion

An Asian trade minister recently confided that his country's auto parts companies face precisely the

LET'S LEAVE THE FISH ALONEI was reading with interest, and enjoying, Michael Czinkota's June

CALL IT the incredible shrinking summit. Leaders of the world's seven richest nations gather

Homily, Bromide, and Platitude are at work again. What we're talking about is a "draft" of the Group

AMTRAK, a perennial ward of the government, moves a step closer today toward a once-unthinkable goal

I try, boy do I try, but it never seems to work out the way I planned. I'm one of those people that

The great 1995 bull market in bonds suffered its first major setback last week. Prices fell sharply,

LABOR ISSUES will dominate Amtrak's efforts at reform, but another concern - liability for accidents

Back during the blip of interest in the value-added tax (VAT) after Bill Clinton first took office,

Nothing punctures the myth of a united Europe more than the collective wringing of hands over the co

It comes as no surprise that most congressional Republicans want to deliver a hefty tax cut. Through

AIRLINE ALLIANCES are sprouting everywhere. Just last week, Scandinavian Airlines System and Thai Ai

A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR INTERMODAL EXPOI take major exception to Rip Watson's May 1

If President Clinton thinks Congress is cowering in fear over his threat to veto the foreign aid bil

"All politics is applesauce," Will Rogers once said, and he may be right - except, perhaps, when it

House and Senate conferees sit down this week to hammer out differences between the two chambers' ba

THE UNITED STATES is threatening to walk away from a deal it has sought for almost a decade: a world

MOVE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND OFF BUDGETYour May 31 editorial, "Transport and the Budget"

With approximately $700 billion in annual exports, the United States is the world's largest seller o

AFTER A DECADE OF DEBATE, Congress is ready to repeal the 22-year-old ban on exporting Alaskan oil.

It was Oscar Wilde who said there are two tragedies in the world: "One is not getting what one wants

CHILE'S ADMISSION to the North American Free Trade Agreement should be a foregone conclusion. But na

PROTECTING WORKERS IN THE CARIBBEANRosalind McLymont, in her Trade Talk column, take

This is addressed to all those fabulously fortunate American schoolchildren now eagerly entering the

Government transportation planning has a bad - and mostly well-deserved - reputation in the freight

A SWISS-BASED organization has rated the world's most expensive cities, and two Japanese entries eas

Proposing the dissolution of a government agency is like breaking off a bad relationship: The notion

Suddenly, the United States is teetering on the edge of recession. In the last two months, employers

AIR TRAVEL between Britain and the United States will improve soon thanks to a modest new deal betwe

For U.S. exporters, the once-booming Mexican market has changed dramatically. Last year Mexico was a

WITH AMERICA'S trade threats against Japan casting doubt on its commitment to freer trade, it may se

DON'T RISK ANOTHER RAILROAD WRECKLarry Thomas, president of the Society of the Plast

Accidents will happen. However much time and money is spent on raising technical standards a

Cuban officials say the Cuban economy is recovering. One sign they point to is the revaluation of th

At first there were a few "pinch-me-I'm-dreaming" moments. Yes, I was in Loudon County, a Vi

Republicans are bustling in their little congressional workshops, chipping away at the one tax credi

Clinton administration officials are concerned that a provision of a Senate bill lifting the 20-year

THE UNITED STATES is the world's sole surviving superpower and remains, in many ways, an economic an