Commentary

UNDERSTANDING SHIP CAPACITY PLANNINGInvariably, whenever you write about rate increa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOR THE REPUBLICANS, the easy part is over. They have officially occupied the House of Representativ

Mexico's present crises are less a judgment on the leadership skills of its new president than on th

Should $100 received courtesy of a lucky streak on Wall Street be taxed any differently from $100 th

Barge lobbyists are breathing a little easier in the new anti-tax climate here: Most don't expect th

WHEN the Interstate Commerce Commission disappears later this year, its most important responsibilit

Caesars and generals returning to Imperial Rome following military triumphs assigned husky-voiced yo

The cost of processing and conveying information will consume a steadily growing fraction ofevery bu

NUCLEAR SHIPMENTS RAISE SAFETY ISSUESAs the author of the study reviewing the safety

WITH ALL THE INTEREST in new free trade agreements - in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere a

The United Nations Environment Program is facing growing competition for the mantle of U.N. leadersh

IT'S NOT A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR in Mexico, where the government this week is launching an austerity p

Why bother flying off to the Caribbean, Guam or Wingo Dingo for your beach vacation when you could s

The collapse of the Mexican peso caught almost everybody off guard. Initially, renewed political unr

Even as the European Union expands north into most of Scandinavia, it is suffering a crisis of confi

PRESIDENT CLINTON and Republicans in Congress once again are on a collision course over U.S.trade po

Ports play an essential role in the U.S. economy, defense and environment. They meet the demand for

The more we listen to current commentaries on economic developments, the more we're remindedof the c

A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR SEN. GRASSLEYIn your Dec. 13 edition you quoted Sen. Charles G