Commentary

WITH NO COMPROMISE in sight on extending President Clinton's trade negotiating authority, itis worth

A little less than a year ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement seemed consigned tofailure, c

The Intergovernmental Conference that will shape the future of the European Union is two years away,

MTBE IS A SAFE GASOLINE ADDITIVEYour informative article on the continued efforts of some et

For a while there, it looked as if the U.S. government's concern with the latest wave of Cuban boat

Post-communist history has been a sad chronicle of economic failures, ethnic wars and political uphe

THE WORLD BANK and the International Monetary Fund, created at the close of World War II tostabilize

Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas won headlines with his recent call for postponing a vote

THE UNITED STATES CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT to important events in Canada, its chief trading partner. Th

The rate of absorption of clever but awful technologies into our economy and culture is difficult to

Editor's note: America's 21-year-old ban on exporting Alaskan oil has been the subject of renewed in

The day that interstate bank branching proponents have hoped for - and opponents have dreaded - is a

Once the world's most important textile crop, hemp was banned in the late 1930s because smoking its

GOVERNMENTS limit the number of airlines that can fly between pairs of countries, but airlines incre

SENATE REPUBLICANS have become co-conspirators in the attack on the trade bill. Sen. Minority Leader

The Clinton administration is headed for a showdown with Japan and other nations on Sept. 30 when it

When Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed their peace declaration last September,

As the economy rounds the Labor Day corner into the home stretch for 1994, investors should prepare

TAIWAN'S BID to enter the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is already producing results for co

Transportation costs play an increasingly important role in global trade. That's especially true alo

With a Senate vote approaching to ratify a United Nations treaty to ban chemical weapons, critics ar

TRACTOR-TRAILERS require considerably more driving skill than small delivery vans, a fact Congress r

FREE TRADE in the Asia Pacific region, home to many of the world's powerhouse economies, is a heady

Is inflation poised to move higher, perhaps to the double-digit levels last seen from 1979 to 1981?<

And so a breakthrough in Ireland. With the announcement by the Irish Republican Army that "there wil

Does your VCR always flash the same time - 12:00? The blinking digital clock on the videocas

PROTECTING OCEANS, FISH - AND TEXTILESYour editorial on fish ("Fish Story," Aug. 25, Page 6A

LABOR DAY in developed nations has traditionally been associated with unions. The holiday, after all

PROSPECTS FOR PEACE in Northern Ireland could bring something else the region desperately needs: a s

Labor Day weekend - the last holiday of summer - will see a record 33.3 million travelers on the roa

Clarkstown, N.Y., had a problem. Several years ago it built a new solid waste processing facility th

FIXING THE RECORD ON AUTO CONTAINERSThank you for your coverage of the new AutoRailer Interm

Bold vision or pipe dream? A group of 16 "eminent persons" from 15 Asia-Pacific countries pl

Bill Clinton's election brought renewed hope and expectations to organized labor. Unions representin

THERE IS A CLEAR LINE between promoting U.S. exports, which Ron Brown is doing in China thisweek, an

COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN has had a busy week brokering deals for U.S. companies in China. The re

AS EXPECTED, striking railroad workers at the Soo Line Railroad have run to the government for help.

When the Berlin Wall crumbled in late 1989, many people spoke glowingly of the prospects for interna

Unlike the United States, Japan provides medical coverage for everyone, citizens and foreign residen

FIDEL CASTRO has an excuse for everything. Last week, as thousands of Cubans fled the island