Commentary

Mired in an economic slump, Germany today is focused on one overarching question: When will the rece

It wasn't a rebel uprising like the one that rocked the south of Mexico on New Year's Day and sent s

AFTER NEARLY TWO PARALYZING WEEKS, the Canadian government has ordered striking longshoremenon the c

I probably would not be writing this column if: 1. I had not covered federal budgets through

SELDOM has a routine state visit sparked as much ill will from the host as tomorrow's appearance in

THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAIDThe Jan. 20 letter by Martin Foley of the National Motor Freig

When American Airlines' flight attendants struck the company in November, President Clinton personal

FOURTEEN YEARS of ferocious litigation between rival manufacturers Brother Industries and Smith Coro

BLAME IS NEVER IN SHORT SUPPLY in a strike, and this week's UPS-Teamsters flare-up was no exception.

President Clinton is pursuing an industrial policy whose goal is to boost employment by subsidizing

After months of dithering, Federal Reserve officials finally decided last week to allow their target

Last month, the top civil servant at Japan's Ministry of Finance paid a call on the head of the Soci

The rush is on. By lifting the 19-year-old trade embargo against Vietnam, the Clinton administration

FISCAL RESTRAINT is a virtue Bill Clinton would just as soon not embrace. He came to office promisin

LET'S SEE THE RECORDS OF TAA MEMBERSAs a non-vessel-operating common carrier, I have been fo

Reading the English press and listening to the British government over the past week would give one

FEDERAL SPENDING on transportation is, by any measure, a small part of the government's budget. Of t

An increase in the vessel tonnage tax on all vessels entering U.S. ports remains the most likely Cli

Recovery for Africa's long-depressed economies is imminent. Historically a bit player in the

A couple of years ago, President Clinton's old friend from Oxford, Labor Secretary Robert Reich, wro

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S costly and coercive health-care plan is losing ground fast. Last week the Busine

EMBARGOES ARE INTENDED to punish our enemies, yet America's trading ban withVietnam has done

I recently discovered a treasure-trove of data on American companies doing business in postwar Japan

Every U.S. administration in the last 20 years has looked with dismay at Japan's growing economic st

TRANSIT OPERATORS DEFEND COMPETITIONIn his Jan. 27 opinion article, "Reversing a Costly Priv

FOR MANY AMERICANS, the recent debate on the Vietnam trade embargo has come down to this: Has Hanoi

THE DEPARTURE of two members of the Federal Reserve Board gives President Clinton an important oppor

It ranks not in the national psyche with the Bobbitts, Buttefuocos or the affair Gillooly-Harding, b

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the branch of the Department of Transportation responsible

CALIFORNIA, in addition to its other problems, has America's worst air pollution - and therefore its

In a television interview broadcast in the United States shortly before the congressional vote on th

A few days after the recent Los Angeles earthquake, a sense of normalcy returned to the region as mo

OVER THE YEARS, no country has fought harder to stop trade-distorting subsidies than the United Stat

When President Clinton submits his budget for fiscal year 1995 to Congress next Monday, he will take

Can this be so? Can it be true that the Labor Department is emerging as one of the new power centers

FEDERAL MANDATES are a leading occupational hazard for employers. Now, Democratic leaders want to ad

Nighttime in the warm waters of the Molucca Strait in Southeast Asia. Runninglights of ships

THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S easy money policies have done much to spur the economic recovery, and Chairman

The hottest topic on the Brussels cocktail circuit is who will replace European Commission President

President Clinton is expected to issue an executive order in the coming months reviving the Super 30