Commentary

A WEAK CASE FOR ANTITRUST CHARGES I doubt very much much that the U.S. Customs Brokers at th

EARTHQUAKES are one of nature's most terrifying acts. Imagine waking up in a building shaking violen

The passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the completion of the Uruguay Round of wo

THE UNITED STATES sells plenty of things to other countries, but no export has been more popular tha

The figures make grim reading: Gross domestic product down 12 percent in 1993, output down 29 percen

It would be hard to find two public figures more dissimilar than Al Gore and Dan Quayle. Mr. Quayle,

WHERE THE ICC IS _ AND ISN'T - NEEDEDDan O'Neal's Jan. 4 letter regarding the current regula

THE 1990-1991 RECESSION was grim for most workers, but it came as a particular shock to white-collar

AN IMPORTANT ASPECT of President Clinton's health-care plan is its effect on competitiveness - the a

When Congress comes back on Jan. 25, it will immediately plunge into the madcap pace that propels sc

Several years ago a series of high-profile accidents, including the Exxon Valdez oil spilland the de

WHAT'S IN A NAME? For posh retailer Saks Fifth Avenue, it's a competitive edge. That's whyit sued th

After months in gestation, a federal retraining reform may soon be delivered. ''I intend to ask Cong

BETTER WAYS TO SAVE SALMONIn your editorial "Fish and the River" (Jan. 4, Page 6A),

Hang on: Bill Clinton's about to begin his second year in office. A year ago this time, give

FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT, Vice President Al Gore treated an entertainment industry audienceTuesday to

THERE'S LITTLE LOVE LOST between the leaders of Brazil and Argentina, two of the Latin American nati

It wasn't long ago that U.S. computer chip makers were warning of Japan's growing dominance of their

I've been sitting in front of a flat glass plate for hours watching steel balls dance before my eyes

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S attack on Chinese textiles has angered Beijing, and for good reason. U.

The Labor Department confirmed last week what most Americans have known for some time. Job opportuni

When Soviet-imposed communist regimes ruled Central and Eastern Europe, nationalism was the chief me

WHEN PRESIDENT CLINTON meets Boris Yeltsin this week, he'll be delivering the right economicmessage:

AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS NEEDS TIME TO GROWEric Ehrmann's opinion article, "Argentina's Unfrien

The United States International Trade Commission has proposed a series of remedies to safeguard yet

GARY HUFBAUER and Kimberly Ann Elliott of the Institute for International Economics have provided a

It has been billed as Europe's engineering feat of the century; a tunnel beneath the English Channel

The Clinton administration's decision to go full throttle on "corporatizing" the FederalAviation Adm

JAPAN'S ECONOMY may be slumping, but most Japanese still work long hours. A new Japanese gov

THE STATELY PALACE housing the Federal Reserve has become a jumpy place lately. Political encroachme

On the eve of President Clinton's trip this week to Moscow, American Jewish groups are keeping up pr

In Defense Of Kings PointYour Jan. 3 editorial, "DOT's Needless Spending" (Page 6A),

International trade is a complex matter these days. What may first appear as a step in the right dir

It should not come as a shock that a very unusual recession is being followed by a very unusual reco

Some of Latin America's most publicized environmental disputes these days are being waged in Ecuador

COMMERCIALIZING the government's air traffic control system won't solve all of the nation's air trav

THE ARMED REVOLT this week in Mexico's southernmost state, Chiapas, wasn'tmainly about the N

THE CLINTON CAMP made much of its decision last year to phase out subsidies to honey producers. But

WHY TRUCK TARIFFS ARE NOT NEEDEDIn your Dec. 28 letters column, Martin Foley of the trucking

President Clinton's first mission to Moscow, at least since becoming president, takes place next wee