Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RAILROADS are easy prey for tax-hungry states. Who better to overtax than non- voting, non-resident

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT can come at a high cost in countries as rich in history as Egypt. With

On the surface, the economy perked up last summer. According to the Commerce Department's initial gu

In its recent report to President Clinton and Congress, the NationalCommission to Ensure a S

Japanese business is rediscovering Asia. After more than four decades of depending on the U.S. marke

MONDAY MARKED THE ENTRY into force of the Maastricht Treaty, a major step on the road to a unified E

AS IF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY didn't have enough problems aligning its divergent economies, Greece, i

When President Clinton traveled to Oakland, Calif., this summer, he sounded what should become the b