Commentary

THE ROCKY ROAD to a subsidy-free global shipbuilding industry just got a little rockier. The Europea

GLOBAL WARMING AND WEATHER DISASTERSYour Nov. 4 article, "Industry Told to Get Polit

Even by the historically rich and often volatile standards of Irish politics, last week was extraord

Now that Republican lawmakers will control the key tax-writing committees of Congress, can Americans

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the spirit of cooperation from last week's APEC summit to wear offin Singapo

CLEAN AIR is not cheap, as many motorists will soon discover. On Jan. 1, gas stations serving 30 per

Everybody involved denies it, but there are strong indications the Maritime Administration will not

"At no time since the foundation of this Government has there been a deeper conviction of the advisa

A STATE TAKEOVER OF LILCO MAKES SENSELewis M. Eisenberg is wrong in claiming New Yor

AFTER A YEAR OF ROCKY RELATIONS with Japan, U.S. officials are in Tokyo to push their latestplan for

Importers throughout the country are in danger of losing a U.S. Customs provision that saves them ti

THE GENIUS OF THE FREE MARKET is that it can fill almost any need. For years, insurance companies up

It is no small irony that the Republican victory at the polls has bought the Treasury sometime in it

CONGRESS WON'T VOTE on the GATT trade agreement for another two weeks, but already Bob Doleis workin

AS IF BOB DOLE'S trade court were not bad enough, senators from textile country are busy building th

It's a little late. What happened last week should have happened 10 years ago. When RonaldReagan was

Uncle Sam, is he some kind of schizoid? Years ago, there was a "Two Chinas" policy. Today it

Two years ago this newspaper published an open letter to the new Clinton administration and Transpor

President Clinton likes to boast that he stanched the hemorrhage of red inkfrom the national

FREE TRADE is a distant dream in many nations along the Pacific Rim, wherebarriers to trade

As the new trade pact of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade awaits ratification inCongress,

For many outside the region, Asia can look monolithic, a vast region with a scent of mystery, some w

First the EC, then Nafta, AFTA and the WTO. And now APEC. Is there enough room for anotherinternatio

Does Vermont congressman Bernie Sanders know something the pundits have missed? If anyone sh

JACQUES SANTER, it seems, has a backbone after all. In July, the former prime minister of Lu

The European Union has been spiked by a deadly cocktail of cynicism and national self-interest. The

Some of the brightest names in the U.S. foreign policy community were in the Capitol's ornate Madiso

Republicans and Democrats may join hands to pass the Uruguay Round global trade agreement in three w

During the now mercifully ended election campaign, both parties insisted they would not touch Social

PRESIDENT CLINTON will be in Indonesia this week to participate in an economic summit of Asian-Pacif

RUSSIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS are worsening by the day. Last month, a dam built to contain leaks f

With the holiday season approaching, the retail industry is understandably rattled by reports of dec

It is easy to overgeneralize when discussing nations of the same region. In Latin America,for instan

The Wang family builds houses and rents them to other entrepreneurs. The Wangs have three children,

"There is now a burden on Republicans to put together a coherent program." Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas<

CARLOS SALINAS, Mexico's president, leaves office later this month with a record most other leaders

One accomplishment of the Clinton administration in this election year has been to devalue the dolla

Few trucking companies today consider themselves just truck lines. Indeed, many now own businesses t

FOR THE CONSERVATIVE INVESTOR who still likes the idea of big payoffs, a Japanese bank has just the

Japan's top economic representative to the United States was in Chicago last week and stopped by our