Commentary

The North American Free Trade Agreement, to be voted on today in Congress, represents a unique oppor

Before Italy launched its "Clean Hands" anti-corruption investigation more than a year and a half ag

A LONELY VOICE FOR MARITIME REFORMIn his Nov. 4 letter to the editor ("Enough Said b

"Consumers (should) be asking some very tough questions about the high prices they are paying for tr

As Uruguay Round negotiators inch slowly toward their Dec. 15 deadline, their focus remains fixed on

ANOTHER COLD WAR institution, the 17-nation body that controlled high- technology exports to communi

The Senate isn't expected to take up the House-passed maritime reform billbecause no one see

ONE MONTH FROM TODAY, the 108 members of the GATT face the collapse of the Uruguay Round of trade ta

Attempting to understand the ills afflicting our health-care system is a lot like trying to peel an

Even if the U.S. Congress rejects the North American Free Trade Agreement this week, at least one as

IT'S HERESY these days to mention the North American Free Trade Agreement and not discuss jobs. But

What's the big deal? You get a tea bag, boil some water and let it rip. It shouldn't take 10 years t

President Clinton and his corps of salesmen for the North American Free Trade Agreement have it half

Alexander M. Yakovlev, a professor at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Scien

ECONOMISTS ARE FAMOUS for being wrong more than they're right. Yet, the economists in the 1970s who

US SHIPYARDS CAN COMPETEYour Oct. 29, front page article, "Foreign Shipyards Scour U.S. for

The countdown to the fateful vote on the North American Free Trade Agreement has just seven days to

THIS MONTH, Congress faces two crucial votes that will help to separate lawmakers who are serious ab

CHINESE LEADERS are on the verge of a big decision: whether to deregulate the country's backward tel

Dear President Castro: The Cuban Air Force pilots who recently defected to the United States

WHY AMERICANS NEED THE ICCThe many ill-founded assertions in Lawrence Lesser's recen

Should U.S. maritime policy and U.S. tax dollars actively support foreign-flag ships that pay their

IT'S A SCENE Woody Allen does well: A less-than-suave restaurant patron tries madly to attract a wai

AL GORE will have his work cut out for him tonight. Fortunately, the vice president will have the fa

The numbers make for disturbing reading: 17 million unemployed (more than 11 percent of the work for

With its 1,342 pages of legislative legalese, President Clinton's new ''Health Security Act" may be

IF PENSION FUND managers need investment tips (see the above editorial), they might take theadvice o

SOME 50 MILLION AMERICANS depend on corporate or union pensions for at least part of theirretirement

Can government research money stimulate a renaissance of Yankee ingenuity and assure pre-eminence in

Now that the Clinton administration has unveiled two elements of its maritime policy - directsubsidi

IT WAS REASSURING to hear Transportation Secretary Federico Pena's ringing endorsement of an open, c

Though it has become something of a cliche to draw parallels between the Kennedy and Clinton adminis

I rarely respond to attacks on unfair American trade laws, but the recent opinion article by Kent Jo

Two recent events, one unfortunate and one exciting, seemingly unrelated. But maybe not.For

GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES have been synonymous with the shipping industry for decades. None of the mariti

A U.S. PROPOSAL to further open world aviation markets has run into strong headwinds. "We, t

NO REGION of the world is more important to the United States than the Pacific Rim. The economies of

ENOUGH SAID BY FREE MARKET ADVOCATESThe recent spate of letters from U.S. shipbuilders Ole S

If any continent has gained a reputation as the world's basket case, it is Africa. The economies of

Democrats and free marketeers who want to invest in Russia's future - and in America's peace of mind