Commentary

Your June 22 editorial, "Freeing State Trucking" (Page 6A), lauds the senate's approval ofSection 21

As companies that have tried know, doing business in Russia is not easy. A burdensome tax regime, co

AFTER 30 MONTHS OF DECLINE, Russia's economy finally may have bottomed out. Industrial production in

BRITAIN'S GOVERNMENT is taking a welcome step toward privatizing its postal service. Under a

The European Union's embarrassing inability last month to choose a leader for its executive agency,

JAPAN'S WOBBLY GOVERNMENT tottered again this week. For the fourth time in a year Tokyo has a new pr

The United States and Canada are risking yet another trade war, this time over Canadian wheat export

The House Appropriations Committee's recent decision to deny the full funding for highway projects a

HOLIDAYS are a deadly time for motorists, and this July 4 weekend will be no exception. Yet highway

U.S. trade officials, led by Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, are proposing changes in a little-k

ALARMED BY SURGING IMPORTS, meat producers filed a complaint with the government earlier this year.

NO SUDDEN MOVES ON THE ICCI was disappointed to read that you have joined the "feeding frenz

The next war may be over fish. Reports from Asia indicate that some nations not generally co

DESPITE THE ECONOMIC success stories in Chile and Argentina, Brazil remains South America's 800-poun

Despite the conventional wisdom that strong economic growth and rising interest rates in the United

CURRENCY MARKETS are producing more than their share of drama these days. Last week, to counteract a

There is a crisis in the global money bazaar. Currency traders have hammered the dollar to force a r

After months of bad publicity about the U.S. Postal Service, The Journal of Commerce's July 16 edito

Sooner or later, the current team of thugs who rule Haiti will be ousted. There will be a temptation

NOTHING NEW ABOUT MEXICO PIGGYBACKIt appears that your June 13 article, "US Truckers, Shippe

In the past, Greek shipping tycoons have achieved the rare distinction of becoming household names,

BIG CITY TRAFFIC JAMS ease just a bit during the summer months, but they return soon enough,usually

According to many analysts on Wall Street, the U.S. dollar has taken a pounding this year because ma

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The world's attention this spring was focused on Nelson Mandela and the South African elections. Yet

IT'S OFFICIAL. Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, long rumored as a candidate to head the

NERVOUS TAXPAYERS have made it clear they don't expect the Social Security system to return what the

Forget the whales. Save the Interstate Commerce Commission. The morning after the House vote

Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn's return to Russia has engendered more than the usual amount of scaremonge

Economic matters are leading most lists of issues in Argentina's presidential campaign. Arge

AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE on life support, the 107-year-old Interstate CommerceCommission may

Time is running short for Congress to pass health-care legislation this summer. That may be a blessi

NEW ZEALAND'S DAIRY CARTELI am writing to congratulate you on your June 17 editorial

The word came down from on high. Clean up your piles - er, files - or you're out! And so beg

AUTOMAKERS are joining aircraft manufacturers, telephone companies - and every other global industry

I was waiting in line at a brand new post office the other day - what else does a person do at the p

CONTAINERS ON CARGO SHIPS are no place for people to live. Yet every day, desperate refugees sneak i

In the next few months, America will pass a dubious milestone. Government entitlement programs, whic

IT WAS LITTLE NOTICED, but the Senate last week passed the most important transportation deregulatio

When it comes to federal regulation, President Clinton's second budget is something of a "good news,