Commentary

Recent presidential elections throughout Central America suggest the region is at a political and ec

THE UNITED STATES recently signed a new world trade pact that, among other things, seeks to liberali

CHINA'S U.S TRADING PRIVILEGES are up for presidential review next month, but Mr. Clinton already ha

U.S. trading partners are expected to inform the State Department this week of their concerns with t

The world economy has undergone a profound change in the past five years, creating distinctly new ch

China is poised to take up a massive flood control project that it had put on hold five years ago un

FINANCIAL MARKETS hate uncertainty, and the United States right now is anuncertain place for

A recent Louis Harris poll in Mexico indicates that the substitute president- designate, Yale-educat

THE HARD-WON Uruguay Round trade pact did not end the war of words between the United States and the

With the help of millions of dollars in lobbying funds, organized labor hassent a message: P

The faint-hearted haven't a chance crossing the street at major intersections in this city - formerl

AMERICA'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL system is safe but creaky. It uses 30-year-old computers andother outd

DEFENDING THE MCCARRAN EXEMPTIONThe Alliance of American Insurers takes great exception to y

CANADA MAY BE PART of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but free trade within Canada is still

The cost of complying with environmental regulation has exploded - currently $150 billion and projec

WHO SAYS the world is becoming increasingly homogenous under the relentless pressures of scientific

AFTER 16 MONTHS of hinting that government wants to help promising new industries, the Clinton admin

The first priority of the new South African government will surely be to establish civil order. Whil

Yushiyoki Naito, a middle-aged businessman working in the finance industry, was standing on a corner

The Federal Reserve intensified its squeeze on financial markets in April. Total bank reserves decli

THE REMARKABLE, MOSTLY PEACEFUL transfer of power from white to black South Africans is wellunder wa

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY IS WELL MANAGEDAs the chief U.S. negotiator for the Global Environment Fa

The headlines hardly told the full story when Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Br

IT'S HARD TO FIND ANY WINNERS in the just-ended Teamsters trucking strike. The freight companies tha

Imagine a community of nearly 350 million people where decisions are made centrallyon a wide range o

CUTTING THE DEFICIT, a major preoccupation on Capitol Hill only a year ago, has all but disappeared

Even with five months left in this congressional session, the calendar is becoming a big factor in t

While Washington is stuck on the idea of pouring more taxpayer dollars into failing public schools,

America's dismal trade figures this year are deceiving. They simply show that the U.S. economy has r

AIR FRANCE gets plenty of help from its owner, the French government, but that aid won't extend to s

The pace of negotiations to merge the eastern networks of CP Rail System and CN North America is pic

"This is also, you know, a coffeehouse," said the bald fellow at the bar. The bartender nodd

NEWT GINGRICH has lobbed a grenade into the GATT trade debate. The House Minority Whip, who

America won the Cold War thanks largely to the broad bipartisan consensus on the need to keep the So

From a competitive point of view, the good news for the American aircraft industry is that a team of

The Clinton administration's inconsistent approach toward Bosnia has triggered an outpouring of angr

U.S. COMPANIES love America's anti-dumping laws, not because there's much dumping going on but becau

So whom to believe when it comes to grading the world economy? The ministers of state, the chief of

CANADIAN GRAIN is pouring into the United States, and American wheat farmers are up in arms. As with

I am astounded at the spin that Japanese officials have put on the failure of trade talks with the U