Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fidel Velazquez Sanchez, the redoubtable leader of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), just

FORTY-SIX YEARS of white domination has left most South African blacks with the worst of everything.

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

The main theme of modern, politically correct America is fairness. The cheerleaders for schemes to s

TAXPAYERS, who support a vast army of federal employees, can consider this as they trudge to work to

At one time, a duel at 30 paces was the preferred method of dispute resolution. The result was speed

European port authorities and shipping lines are in a head-to-head fight with highly sophisticated a

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the second government of Japan's eight-month-old ruling coalition to begin t

PRICE-FIXING IN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRYYour April 20 editorial, "Pricing Insurance" (Page 6A),

SHIPPING LINES traditionally viewed ocean trading lanes as a one-way affair. Hence, the conferences,

COMMON SENSE has taken a bath in Los Angeles, where a nightclub was ordered to shut down its main at

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY often used legitimate companies to hide its clandestine Cold War ope

From Feb. 3 to April 18 this year, the Dow-Jones index fell by 358 points and the yield on 30-year T

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators began another round of peace talks in Cairo last week, under the

THE YEARS-LONG QUEST by the United States and other major steel exporting nations for a multilateral

As the saying goes, "If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck.

The phrase "labor protection" invokes visions of somehow protecting hard- working men and women from

DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, exposed one of the government'

Twenty years ago, it was anathema in the environmental movement to consider economics when debating

SMALL COMPANIES may not have the resources of larger firms, but they find ways to compete. Consider

CLINTON'S CLUMSY CHINA POLICYDon Becker's March 23rd "Publisher's Notebook" (Page 12A) is ri

It's been a little over 30 years since Milton Friedman published Capitalism and Freedom. In his book

FOREIGN INVESTMENT in the United States evokes a strong reaction from many Americans. Some, like sta

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor fired the latest salvo in the war against bribery and kickba

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan announced Monday morning that "the Federal Reserve will increase slightl

Last September I traveled around the Tsugaru Plain in Aomori Prefecture, a major rice-producing area

FOR NEARLY half a century, insurance companies have enjoyed a broad exemptionfrom federal an

One year ago this month, President Clinton signed the bill creating the National Commission to Ensur

The European Union's five-year fixation with its northern and eastern neighbors could cost it dearly

A CONTAINERSHIP sailing from Northern Europe to the United States last month skipped a scheduled sto