Commentary

Years of stories about falling bridges, collapsing pipes and electrical blackouts have convinced man

However impassioned President Clinton was in his defense of his health-care plan in his State of the

The Clinton administration, in line with its recently announced National Export Strategy, is moving

THE SUPREME COURT had transportation on its mind last week. In one busy day, the court settled dispu

Forecasts for European economic growth aren't very rosy this year - moderate expansion of 1 percent

THE URUGUAY ROUND trade agreement has solid support in Congress, but there's a hitch: budget rules t

Japan stories usually are relegated by American newspaper editors to thefinancial pages, on

The North American Free Trade Agreement is a reality. The GATT world trade deal seems certain to bec

FOR SEVEN LONG YEARS, U.S. trade negotiators pushed for a GATT agreement to reduce barriers to trade

TUG, BARGE INDUSTRY HAS GOOD RECORDMany of us who are responsible for tugs, barges and the c

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PULPIT-POUNDING State of the Union address was good theater, laced with heavy do

FRAUDULENT "get rich quick" schemes that prey on unsophisticated investors are a widespread problem

President Clinton's State of the Union address highlighted many positive developments, such as econo

Thirteen years ago, President Ronald Reagan came to Washington as an anti- government crusader, prom

THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT that froze much of the nation last week tested everyone's mettle, but none mor

Economic growth surged during the final three months of 1993. Preliminary data suggest the gain in g

While the ground shook in Los Angeles last week, a different kind of quake rocked Moscow. The resign

Last Friday, as members of the Liberal Democratic Party emerged from Upper House committee meetings,

SECURITY IS ALARMINGLY LAX at nuclear weapons sites in Russia and other former Soviet republics, acc

THE BEST CURE for any disease is prevention. This month's 600,000-gallon oil barge spill in Puerto R

When I first visited this South American country in 1984, I was a 27-year-old newly minted foreign c

In most developing nations, strong economic growth, a dramatic deceleration in inflation and a boom

If ever proof were needed that the real crisis facing shipping is the quality of the people in the i

FIFTY-FIVE YEARS ON, Winston Churchill's pithy description of Russia - "a riddle wrapped in a myster

THE TIMING couldn't have been worse for Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen's weekend stopover in Tokyo

The agency that insures U.S. foreign investment is weighing the idea of two new equity funds to gene

In 1989, Peronist populist Carlos Saul Menem was elected president of Argentina amidst 5,000 percent

In January, 'tis the season to be grumpy. And all this trendy talk about ''the information superhigh

Politicians and the public are recoiling at revelations of government- sponsored nuclear experiments

Eastern Europe is a different place today from what it was three or so years ago when the Iron Curta

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION has spent nearly a year now looking for ways to improve air travel. Among

The North American Free Trade Agreement is now the law of the land and the new rules of the General

ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHANGE in China promise a better future for the country, but the turmoil is h

Amid the drone of health-care reform, the Whitewater uproar, Sen. Packwood's travails and other Wash

THE USES OF FILED TRUCK TARIFFSHis high level of hostility aside, William Tucker's Jan. 6 le

The Clinton administration's threatened retaliation against China's alleged transshipment of textile

IN CASE ANYONE MISSED IT, Federal Express Corp. offered a startling reminder last month of how state

EUROPE'S TRAIN SYSTEM has a lot going for it: The trains go everywhere, generally stick to a schedul

THE UNITED STATES and China avoided another potential trade war Monday, this time over Beijing's clo

Until recently, whenever I strolled among the luxury shops of Queens Road or visited friends in thei