Commentary

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

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

U.S. companies are miffed by what they see as a contradiction in the Clinton administration's polici

As Congress begins to look at funding and managing a national health-care program, one of the areas

AIR FRANCE has bought labor peace - at a steep price. France's bloated government-owned airl

"Federal agencies do many things not because they make sense but because they have always been done

DIESEL FUEL PRICES have soared in the past few weeks. The new federal fuel tax and a new national re

All intercity railroad passenger service in the United States will come to a halt at 2 a.m., Oct. 31

At an international conference in Mexico last week, an official from Japan's Ministry of Internation

The coverage of events in Haiti, Somalia and Russia has been abundant on front pages and television

AMERICAN COMPANIES and their workers have taken a bum rap. The popular perception is that U.S. indus

NO ONE IS CELEBRATING yet, but evidence is mounting that the U.S. economy is, in President Clinton's

US HAS NOT CHANGED INDIA EXPORT RULESContrary to your Oct. 22 article, "U.S. May Ease Export

MOST INDUSTRIES survive and prosper by asking customers what they want and adapting their products a

BASHING JAPAN to sell the North American free-trade agreement is poor politics and even worse trade

Recall Project Independence? It was in February 1974. President Nixon proposed it to "re-est

The state of Guanajuato, 150 miles northwest of Mexico City, has long been a harbinger of change. It

KEEPING TAX DODGES AT BAY IN CALIFORNIAIt is no surprise that your Oct. 18 editorial, "Calif

It's billed as a one-day trip to Russia. Starting at 4:30 a.m., several Tokyo-based journalists are

CANADA'S POLITICAL MAP has been redrawn. After nine years in opposition, the Liberal Party stormed b

Rep. Henry Gonzalez, the populist Texas Democrat who heads the House Banking Committee, has launched

The seven-year marathon Uruguay Round of trade talks under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trad

FIGHTING THE LAWS ON DUMPINGIn his Oct. 7 opinion article, Prof. Kent Jones argues forcefull

Germany is tired of playing Mr. Nice Guy. Germans are finally shedding half a century of gui

SECURITY has become the Clinton administration's new watchword: secure health care, security from cr

In my neighborhood of Arlington, Va., the parking lot at the Ames department store is always full. S

ASIA'S EMERGENCE as the world's leading economic region is nowhere more obvious than in the rising f

Since the mid-1980s, the world economic order has been undergoing a profound transition. At the hear

ROSS PEROT and labor unions notwithstanding, the North American free-trade agreement would be a net

The Clinton administration is winning kudos from some steel traders for standing tough against Big S

The encouraging news from the U.S. Postal Service is that despite a $1.3 billion deficit this year,

Among the brightest promises of the Middle East peace accord is the possibility of creating both an

VIETNAM is capitalizing quickly on its newfound international acceptance. The Asian Developm

ENVIRONMENTALISTS AREN'T HAPPY. Bill Clinton's new plan to curb global warming comes without the clu

Ergonomics, the relationship between workers and their environment, has become a fruitful new field

THE ICC SHOULD BE PRESERVEDContrary to the views expressed in your Oct. 8 editorial,

AIRLINES AND TRUCKERS are hopping mad at the Clinton administration's plan to increase customs inspe

LOWER TARIFFS under the North American free-trade agreement would cost the United States $2.4 billio

Last fall, television pictures of starving Somalians helped produce the political climate that permi

In September 1990, President Bush sent a formal notification to the Congress that he intended to neg