Commentary

Trade officials from 117 nations will sign the new Uruguay Round world trade agreement in Marrakesh

We're in big trouble, the Canadians and us. With each other. Consider these headlines: "Cana

U.S. interest rates are rising because U.S. expectations of inflation are rising. Higher U.S. intere

CHINA TRADE AND HUMAN RIGHTSPublisher Don Becker should be congratulated for the common sens

IT'S TAX SEASON, and everyone loves to hate the Internal Revenue Service. Certainly, irritation with

FERRARIS, JAGUARS, and now Rolls Royces are heading for China, the world's largest Communist state.<

An Idaho newspaper headline caught my eye: "GATTASTROPHY for EC, Japan and Korea?" I was in that sta

Washington insiders say that this week President Clinton will nominate Alan S. Blinder to a 14-year

THE WEEKLONG TEAMSTERS trucking strike has become a test of wills. The union is determined to preser

Contrary to some reports, what happened during the shipbuilding subsidy negotiations last month at t

IT PAYS for an airline to buck conventional wisdom, as Southwest Airlines has proven. Southw

I'd like to talk a little bit about the board I found in December of 1989 and compare it with the bo

FAR TOO MANY UNSAFE SHIPS ply the world's oceans. The careless companies that own these vessels put

MAKING THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR A REALITYOur goal, and that of the Port of Los Angeles, has alwa

Recession is not a climate to which the Germans are accustomed and the chillfrom this recent

Latin American and Caribbean diplomats are clamoring to get in on the North American Free Trade Agre

The Department of Commerce recently released U.S. trade statistics for January showing an overall de

If and when the Clinton administration decides to delink trade and human rights in its China policy,

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION was wise to compromise with developing countries last week on the touchy

The United States just put out its annual gripe sheet on other countries' trade transgressions. As e

THINK ABOUT THIS as you fill out your tax return. The Department of Transportation announcedWednesda

TWO MILLION AMERICANS lose their jobs each year because of production cutbacks, reorganizations and

Any college sophomore who has taken a psychology course knows about conflict resolution. One of the

The Potomac was up last weekend. Heavy rains during the week had swollen the river synonymou

FRANK LORENZO is a lightning rod in the airline industry, but he has attracted nothing but flak from

At last, the blueprint for the New World Order has arrived. Pity it was issued from the state of Was

A recent article in the science section of The New York Times suggested that boom and bustcycles wer

ETHANOL MANDATE: A BAD IDEA The audacity and intellectual dishonesty of the ethanol lobby re

CALL IT THE BIG SQUEEZE. Union Pacific Corp., one of three railroads serving the ports of Lo

DESIGNERS of highways and cars are increasingly safety conscious, and so are America's drivers, acco

Who says the workaholic Japanese won't loosen up and have a bit of fun? It's Saturday night

The panicky drop in bond prices in the last week was silly. I have predicted that interest rates wer

Presidential candidate Bill Clinton captured the nation's priorities and savaged George Bush's admin

Europe presented a confused picture to the world last week as parts of the continent gelled and othe

DEFEATING 'SOCIAL CORRECTNESS'After proving its commitment to freer trade with the N

MOST AMERICANS receive their health insurance at work and consider it a great bargain. Thecompany, a

U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown is the latest Western official to sing the praises of Russian Prim

For more than two decades, scientific evidence has been steadily mounting that smoking leads in a st

The Commerce Department's changes in the way it reports the monthly U.S. foreign trade balance have

Contrary to rumor, the Interstate Commerce Commission is alive and well. And it should remain that w