Commentary

The White House is moving forward with plans to issue a set of worker and human rights principles fo

COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN is on a roll. The former lobbyist and salesman extraordinairereturned l

BANKS have won another long-overdue victory in their battle against outmodedfinancial regula

Futurologists have labeled the coming era the Pacific century. Asia racked up more than half

As we approach the 21st century, the United States is trying to reconcile the goals of sound air qua

CONGRESS HAS A DUTY to protect U.S. taxpayers as it considers a bailout plan for Mexico. But lawmake

ANSWERING THE FASTSHIP CRITICSMr. A. Ashar's letter on Fast- Ships, reprinted in you

MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT representing Britain's Labour Party did their leader Tony Blair n

Not many nations have the wherewithal to crank out $100 billion in exports over the course of a year

While short-term worries continue to drive Mexico's panicky financial market, the peso crisis has ge

NO PLACE FOR SHIPPERS AT OMB'S TABLEI would like to make an observation regarding yo

The Republicans who now control Congress have promised to make a balanced- budget amendment to the C

The Clinton administration's dramatic move to ask Congress for an additional $25 billion to $40 bill

"I felt like I was being thrown into a deep pit like hell. It was so big. It was a terrible shaking.

CHINA, which has a huge stake in maintaining international confidence in its economic management, ha

To a professional politician, the 1996 presidential campaign is just around the corner. A sluggish e

TO UNDERSTAND WHY REPUBLICANS declared war on federal regulations last week, consider this: Exxon Co

There can be little doubt the Interstate Commerce Commission soon will be abolished - if not next mo

The European Union has switched to autopilot while its member states busy themselves with domestic a

UNDERSTANDING SHIP CAPACITY PLANNINGInvariably, whenever you write about rate increa

American assistance to the West Bank and Gaza desperately needs leadership and focus. Taxpayer funds

Ah, the West, where the spaces are wide open and the skies are big, where they know when to hold 'em

The collapse of the Mexican peso shocked American investors, who had been led to believe that the No

MUCH HAS CHANGED IN BRITAIN over the last few decades, but the attitude in its men's clubs isn't one

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S renewed support for Mexico this week was the best news the peso has had in some

JAPAN'S INSULAR financial industry will be exposed to new competition as a result of this week's fin

THE UNITED STATES expects to sign investment agreements this week with Albania and Latvia, raising t

SALMON PLAN DESERVES SUPPORTYour Dec. 20 article on business objections to the North

Dpu + USi + ipd OP = -35. That's economic modelese for what's just happened to Mexico. Dome

Many environmentalists were quietly overjoyed when Republicans took control of Congress. After three

WHAT A DIFFERENCE a year makes. Twelve months ago, U.S.-Japanese trade relations were at an all-time

THE PESO'S PLUNGE has disrupted imports into Mexico, causing delays at ports and other transportatio

Two hundred and nineteen years after its founding, the United States still has not come togrips with

Thanks partly to the Republican revolution in Congress, America is engaged in a great national debat

Last month's Summit of the Americas in Miami filled a void in U.S. trade policy, putting to rest fea

Throughout the 1990s, hardly a month has passed without some U.S. company announcing layoffs. AT&T,

ORGANIZED LABOR has had its travails; unions today claim only 11 percent of the private U.S. work fo

THE BATTLE over dredging the nation's ports has dragged on for more than 15 years. Last month, a fed

When the Latin debt crisis erupted back in 1982, financial gurus soon explained why Americans should

As Congress considers the future of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the way transportation is