Commentary

The concept of a free-trade agreement between Israel and the Arab states of the Middle East seems fa

MEXICANS HEAD TO THE POLLS next month, and there couldn't be more at stake for this nation on the ed

The recent Supreme Court case of Dolan vs. City of Tigard should be a wake-up call for Congress as i

To Nafta or not to Nafta, that's the question. The United States and Chile, after three year

IT TOOK FIVE YEARS and at least seven missed deadlines, but leading maritime nations finally have ag

Soon after President Clinton took office, his administration fashioned a new trade policy toward Jap

Despite his recent appearance at the Group of 7 summit of world leaders, Russian PresidentBoris Yelt

I am impatient and angry with Canadians, a people who are engaged in an odd kind of civil war, who a

IT'S DIFFICULT to get excited about the selection of Jacques Santer as the next president of the Eur

Betsey Osborne, a visitor from New York on a two-week holiday, recently entered a Japanese bank to c

Consumer spending was surprisingly soft this spring. Kathryn Eickhoff, who was chief economist of th

You've probably heard that American homes, businesses and schools will soon be connected to the "inf

Britain's next prime minister may be elected Thursday. Tony Blair, a likeable and telegenic

DESPITE its vast potential as an export market, China has been painfully slow to accept many types o

IF ALL GOES AS EXPECTED, the House and Senate soon will approve bills that keep the Interstate Comme

The most important consequence of the Cold War's end is that two superpowers no longer menace each o

THE URUGUAY ROUND has overcome one obstacle after another, and its ratification by Congress is no ex

After 135 days at sea as Master aboard the SS Elizabeth Lykes, I am surprised and distressedthat the

The U.S. dollar continues to hit postwar lows against the Japanese yen, while also dropping precipit

In an early return from President Clinton's plan to revive the American shipbuilding industry, the M

As a well-aged citizen of 60, I have developed a tightly focused method for judging the state of the

The Interstate Commerce Commission, as an institution, has many strengths.Because it is an i

JOHN KASICH, the Ohio congressman who is gunning for the Interstate CommerceCommission, isn'

Lately, bondholders have been taking a beating - both literally andfiguratively. Acc

As interest is heating up again in peace negotiations between the Mexican government and mostly Maya

At the Brandenburg Gate, where the Berlin Wall stands no more, President Clinton on Tuesday offered

The Clinton administration hopes to submit legislation to Congress soon to implement the Uruguay Rou

FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE of how to mismanage a government budget, take a close look at what's been happeni

THE UNITED STATES and Canada are on the brink of another trade dispute, this time over grain. The U.

SIX WEEKS after de-linking China's trading privileges from its human rights record, the White House

Following Panama's about-face on a deal to accept 10,000 Haitian refugees and the hasty departure of

There was a mixed message about the economy from the labor market in June. The Labor Department repo

INFLATION IS LOW, economic growth is up, and President Clinton says the outlook for the U.S. economy

A recent flight over the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota revealed a land that, agricu

Critics of President Clinton's China trade policy might be surprised to learn that the administratio

WHY WE SHOULD KEEP THE ICCHow ruthless, long-winded and mindless the clamor for shutting dow

The really big story never surfaced at the European Union's recent summit on the Greek island of Cor

HEALTH REFORM has come down to a chicken-and-egg debate: What comes first, mandatory universal cover

PRESIDENT CLINTON went to last weekend's Group of 7 summit meeting in Naples carrying a good idea: T

FARM SUBSIDIES are under attack in most countries, and with good reason: They bleed nationaltreasuri