Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FRENCH FILM STARS have a tough time with free trade. This week, some of the leading lights of French

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S threat to bar two Chinese airlines from operating all-cargo flights to

The global trading system as a whole, and American trade policy in particular, are at their most cri

Japanese capitalism is under siege, beset by U.S. demands for far-reaching market access. To

Bill Clinton came to the White House pledged to be the "jobs" president. The way things are going, M

JAPANESE OFFICIALS apparently have concluded the best defense is a good offense. In announcing a sur

French government officials love to boast to foreigners about the richness of the French language. I

THERE'S NO ROOM FOR SECRECY where public safety is concerned. Builders, for example, must submit det

Before Black & Decker starts taking orders for a new model steam iron, or Chevy for a new model car,

For 25 years, the federal government has been promising to do something about the spent reactor fuel

JAPANESE CITIZENS, generally not given to public complaining, are starting to grumble about high inc

THE TEAMSTERS, archfoes of trucking deregulation, endorsed a just-passed California law that decontr

CHIP TRADE GROUP IS PROTECTIONISTI was amazed that the statement, "The United States

The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. is adopting a higher profile in Russia but the U.S. Expor

Imagine, if you will, a vacant lot. Once a factory, or a gas station, or an apartment buildi

The historic agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, known as "Gaza Jericho First," is unlike

ICC PLAYS KEY TRANSPORTATION ROLEI read with astonishment your editorial entitled " 'Aida' a

A SMALL FOREST may have to be sacrificed to explain Bill Clinton's health-care reform. Just the outl