Commentary

DISASTER PROTECTION BILL FILLS A NEEDThis letter responds to the inaccurate depiction of the

ISRAEL AND JORDAN, whose agreement last week ended 46 years of war, are losing no time getting down

For most of the postwar era, when the industrialized nations sneezed, the emerging countries of Asia

The Uruguay Round trade deal was negotiated to help expand world markets for U.S. and other exporter

WITH PROTESTS mounting here and in Europe, U.S. regulators are launching a formal probe of the shipp

It is common political sport to complain that business is too big, firing here, slashing there, acqu

Did you know that wherever you live in the country, you are "protected" by California against grower

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan likes to brag about his success in reducing inflation. He to

In a recent series of essays, Stanford economics professor Paul Krugman critiques the concept of nat

KEEPING AIR CARGO SERVICE RELIABLEthe last month, your newspaper has reported that both USAi

No freight moved by rail in Britain for the better part of three days last week as striking signalme

AMID LAST WEEK'S clamor in Congress over the pending world trade deal, the Clinton administration sc

Economists, politicians and editorial writers periodically warn that low investment and saving rates

The bloody war over the picturesque mountain enclave of Nagorno Karabakh in the Caucasus has continu

The American Trucking Associations is keeping a close eye on the Environmental Protection Agency's i

EUROPE'S SUBSIDY TAP opened again last week and $6 billion in government aid came pouring out. That'

IT'S TIME for the Clinton administration to resume aviation talks with Britain and Japan. The United

GOVERNMENTS around the world are racing to keep up with the surge in telecommunications deals. In Eu

India is fast becoming an attractive market for investment. British, German and Japanese businesses

NEW CUSTOMS PROGRAM WORKS WELLYour July 14 article, "Users Give Poor Grades to NY-NJ Customs

The nature of fierce fights between labor and management has changed greatly over the decades as uni

As the debate over reforming the U.S. health-care system shifts into high gear, there are those who

You probably remember how the debate over China's most-favored-nation trading status turned out. Chi

It is time to go on vacation but I shall not be going to Britain. In fact, I had to dash the followi

FOR ALL THE RECENT ADVANCES in banking - from automated teller machines to electronic money transfer

IF YOU'RE A TRANSPORTATION LAWYER, life just got more complicated. Earlier this month, while

TOLLS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY have long been a source of dispute between the United States and Ca

LOOK WHO'S GETTING THE FREE LUNCHAnyone who wonders why the funding provisions of th

On the 20th anniversary of the Arab oil embargo in October 1993, Americans for Energy Independence s

President Clinton and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan are sometimes at odds, but lately they

So far, the debate over whether to abolish the Interstate Commerce Commission and transferits functi

DEREGULATION has been a boon to transportation wherever it's been tried, but America's experiment wi

Offer a rational explanation for the Clinton administration's policy of benign neglect toward the do

EU SHIPBUILDERS REACT TO OECD PACTYour July 19 article on the shipbuilding agreement negotia

It's remarkable what a stable and adequate supply of electricity can do for a nation. It can keep in

LUFTHANSA, KLM, Air France, now Alitalia. One by one, Europe's state-owned - and inefficient_ airlin

The Interstate Commerce Commission appears to have escaped the shutdown envisioned by the House when

CALIFORNIA is feeling financial aftershocks from last January's $7 billion Los Angeles earthquake. M

With the resurgence of nationalism in Eastern Europe, many post-communist liberation governments hav

A phenomenon called "Diegomania" is swirling through Mexico, much to the chagrin of the ruling Insti