Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOR SILVIO BERLUSCONI, the hard part is just beginning. The Italian media tycoon, who led a

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

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

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

COMPETITIVENESS MATTERS TO THE USYour March 9 editorial "Do Economies Compete?" argues that

Eight miles an hour was the rate of transportation by horse and buggy in 1894. It is also the rate o

ANOTHER COLD WAR relic fades into history this week. The 17-nation Coordinating Committee on Multila

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT BRAZIL that South America's largest country is rarely mentioned as a candidate f

Consider India. Its import duties (basic and auxiliary) on textile yarns and fibers run as high as 1

Defeatism in the boardroom has caused the current recession in Japan. Call it a failure of will or c

THERE'S NO LOVE LOST between U.S. and European aviation negotiators these days, but that hasn't stop

During the first quarter investors finally recognized the potential for inflation in the Federal Res

INTERNATIONAL TALKS to end shipyard subsidies came to an abrupt halt in Paris last week. Billed as a

Throughout the Cold War, American Sovietologists repeatedly admonished the Soviet Union and Eastern

In commercial circles, China is chic again. The last such time, in the early 1980s, the excitement w

INTEL CORP., already the dominant computer chip maker in China, is consolidating its hold. The compa

You can choose your own moral for the story about the Clintons and their income taxes. It's

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION last week averted a major showdown between U.S. environmental laws and wo

Europe's love affair with the automobile may soon come to an end. But it won't be an easy parting. W

The fractious U.S.-Japan trade debate comes down to this: Who gets the high- skill, high-wage jobs?

Wrangling over the content of legislation designed to combat foreign shipbuilding subsidies intensif