Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Clinton administration has promised to place more emphasis on respect for labor rights by U.S. t

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

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

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

PRESIDENT CLINTON held up a copy of Al Gore's "reinventing government" report Tuesday and twice said

Yields on long-term Treasury bonds finally broke through the magic 6 percent barrier last week. The

Japan's opposition to U.S. calls for managed trade will be seen as mere Kabuki posturing unless Toky

With some 35 million people out of work in the industrialized nations, unemployment is widely consid

THE HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM is nothing if not complex, with a welter of payors, insurers and providers.

NORTHEASTERN STATES are fighting a dirty battle over clean air. Several states in the region

The Clinton administration proudly released its mid-session review of the fiscal year 1994federal bu

COFFEE PRODUCERS' PLAN IS FAIRYour Aug. 16 editorial, "Hill of Beans," (Page 8A) was

UNDER PRESSURE from their government, Japanese companies are gradually dismantling their "keiretsu"

The container shipping trades may soon be embroiled in a fresh fight with the European Commission am

Two recent developments - AT&T's takeover of McCaw Cellular and a federal court ruling allowing Bell

Bill Clinton's drive to tame health-care costs must contend with a perverse statistical omen fresh o

WASHINGTON AND BEIJING are forever threatening to slam one another with trade sanctions. At the end