Commentary

The Clinton administration previewed this week its drive for congressional approval this year of the

THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID for giving students a practical education, but an elementary schoolteacher

In the next four months, about 25 million Americans will get a lesson in environmentalism,and they w

THE UNITED STATES and the European Union have restarted worldwide talks aimed at curbing subsidies t

By June 3, President Clinton and Congress will make a decision concerning China's most-favored-natio

EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS are finally cracking down on their telecommunications monopolies. The German go

Greetings from the capital of Europe, the economic basket case of the world. Oh, it's terrib

The Federal Reserve's decision to end its easy money policy has provoked a chorus of misleading comp

SHIP SAFETY REGULATORS are finally learning that embarrassing publicity can be a powerful tool for b

In his recent opinion article, A. James Barnes, a former deputy administrator of the Environmental P

As any American who has flown within Europe knows, air transportation inside the European Union is n

The United States and the international community have a spectacular opportunity to harness industri

"BRAND X" does not exist in Czechoslovakia - at least not in television ads. A Prague court

The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and its Merchant Marine subcommittee will meet thi

BILL CLINTON'S CHINA CLOCK is rapidly winding down. The president has less than two weeks to decide

If there is one thing the federal government has a proven ability to do, it is to launch massive new

Financial markets have been spooked for most of the year. A strong recovery plus a series oftighteni

The agenda for a conference here this month on trade and investment in the countries that once were

NATIONAL STATISTICS like gross domestic product - the nation's total output of goods and services -

CROSS-BORDER CORPORATE ALLIANCES expanded dramatically in the 1980s, and they should continue to flo

Recent evidence suggests that federal jobs data have understated the true strength of labor markets

HOW CANADIAN GRAIN IS SUBSIDIZEDBecause you referred to me in your April 28 editorial, I wou

GATT SALMON CASE UPHELD US FINDINGSYour April 28 article on the GATT salmon dispute between

THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE portrays itself as a modern corporation that competes with other delivery co

For the majority of South Africans celebrating their freedom after this month's historic non-racial

An item in the May 16 "Washington Report" column (Page 10A) incorrectly stated the name of a lobby g

IMITATION may be the sincerest form of flattery, but not in the high-fashiondress business.<

At a time of great tension in Sino-American relations, a U.S. secretary of State travels to Beijing

TAXPAYERS have lost billions of dollars to below-market sales and leases of federal lands containing

This is the second of two articles on U.S. anti-dumping laws, which are intended to prevent sales of

Wall Street glanced at the $3 billion drop in retail sales in April and jumped to the conclusion tha

AMERICANS AND EUROPEANS are heavily invested in each other's economies, with total cross-border hold

Most people who have watched growing unemployment, corruption, crime and inefficiency in China and t

The sense of shock, disbelief and sadness that swept the country last week on the news that Labour P

ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLY, momentum is building toward a closer, more unified European Union. Expansion o

This is the first of two articles on U.S. anti-dumping laws, which are intended to preventsales of i

MIXED SIGNALS ON RAIL LABOR MATTERSIt seems that Larry Kaufman is having a serious disagreem

A dozen years ago, when an American motorist pulled into the service station to fill up his car, a s

RAILROADS HAVE STAGED a remarkable comeback in the last decade, but their relations with labor have

Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's visit to Washington this week provides the Clinton administrat