Commentary

MARAD LETTER DEPARTED FROM FACTI can only ascribe the Sept. 14 letter of Joan B. Yim, acting

The European Community Commission has never had a president the caliber of Jacques Delors. B

IT'S NO EXAGGERATION to say that the European Community's foreign, trade and farm ministers hold the

In his recent, eloquent article in The Journal of Commerce, Tom Fiedler acknowledged the internal co

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES have the world's largest trading relationship, so anything that makes i

Prospects may be improving for a multilateral steel trade pact. Leon Brittan, the European C

The appointment of the experienced, able governor of the Bank of France, Jacques de Larosiere, as th

President Clinton moved the North American free-trade agreement (Nafta) to the top of the political

FREIGHT SHIPPERS won another legal victory this week in their decade-long fight against bogus bill c

IF YOU CAN'T MANAGE your own affairs, it's poor practice to tell others how to manage theirs. Yet th

Panama is about to undertake a major land-planning project for the former Canal Zone that can lead t

Regardless of the outcome, there is about to be an interesting debate over whether it is a good idea

IF THE ROAD TO HELL is paved with good intentions, consider what might happen to a new Palestinian s

Johan Joergen Holst, Norway's foreign minister, is getting international huzzahs for brokering this

THERE'S NO LIMIT to the marketing creativity - and downright silliness - of some companies. To wit,

This article is excerpted from a Congressional Budget Office report on the outlook for the economy a

NEW APPROACH TO NAFTAWhile the controversy over the North American free-trade agreement cont

In the early 1960s, as a young reporter Makiko Arima was assigned to cover the police and court beat

PRESIDENT CLINTON can hardly be accused of moving too quickly to normalize relations with Vietnam.

The historic Israeli-Palestinian rapprochement opens the door to a dynamic peace-building process in

Last weekend, members of the Shadow Open Market Committee gathered in Washington. The committee is a

IF BILL CLINTON'S commitment to freer trade was in doubt, it should be no longer. His ringing endors

Opponents of the North American free-trade agreement have added illegal immigration to the list of s

ONE OF BILL CLINTON'S first trips as president was to Silicon Valley, where he pledged government su

It's neither new nor surprising that trade frictions within the European Community have been caused

AMAZING. It wasn't just the swiftness of events leading to Monday's Middle East peace accord

AMERICAN CREWS IN WAR ZONESThe recent letter you published from Mr. Philip Loree ("R

He assumed office with barely a mandate to govern, his first six months on the job were uninspiring

DOMINICANS PROTECT LABOR RIGHTSAs ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States,

FRANK LORENZO'S record as an airline manager is nothing to brag about. Two of the carriers he ran in

President Clinton is to decide by Tuesday whether to renew trade embargoes on such countries as Cuba

ON THE SURFACE, Friday's news from international economists that the U.S. recovery remains on track

The contrast on the front page of an Argentine daily newspaper was startling. On one side, Nicholas

BY NOW, most Americans have at least some idea of what President Clinton has in mind for the nation'

The federal government does at least one thing well: It generates red tape. In fact, the government

In the early evening of Aug. 6, Al Gore cast the deciding vote for Bill Clinton's budget, which will

WHILE MULTILATERAL trade talks drag on, regional blocs are gathering strength, particularly in the e

WHAT IS 'EFFECTIVE US CONTROL' OF SHIPS?Phillip Loree's Aug. 12 letter, "Reflagging US Ships

WHEN GOVERNMENT can't make a tough choice, it names a commission. It should surprise no one, then, t

The packet containing the details of my college class' 25-year reunion arrived at my home last week,