Commentary

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER John Major risked his political future last week to win parliamentary approva

Should the United States impose human rights conditions on trade with China? More is at stake in thi

BIG U.S. STEELMAKERS have been attacking imports for the last 25 years. In some cases, theirprotests

It was just a brief weekend report on local television news, saying that foreign embassies owed the

COURIERS COMPLY WITH CUSTOMS LAWYour May 26 editorial, "Customs Brokers" (Page 8A) and subse

FACED WITH THE CHOICE of paying for Midwestern flood relief now or later, the House Tuesday did what

In his July 15 opinion article, Baruch Fellner cites the declining rate of workplace deaths as "comp

I had a drink with a Japanese colleague a few nights ago and asked if he had voted inthe July 18 Jap

Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan survived a bruising encounter with populist Democrats on the Senate

WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT of the Postal Service (see the editorial above), a new governmentreport o

IN TRYING TO ACT more like a private business, the U.S. Postal Service sometimes forgets it's still

Will enterprise zones survive Washington's budget battle? The Senate Finance Committee, to h

Throughout Latin America, power, money and responsibility are being transferred slowly to local gove

The saddest part of Jacques Attali's scandalous performance as president of the European Bank for Re

SIDE AGREEMENTS to the North American free-trade pact will be completed soon, possibly as early as t

REFLAGGING: PART OF A LARGER CAMPAIGNThe threats of Sea-Land Services Inc. and American Pres

Reorganized, re-energized and some say "Gergenized," Bill Clinton's presidency flies a newly hoisted

One measure of the state of business conditions in Russia and the other former Soviet republics is t

Washington runs on influence, but it can be hard to separate the real influence from the perceived.<

ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE . . . unless, of course, you can get a better dealfrom the courts.

A NATIONWIDE NETWORK of high-speed "data highways" is often compared to the Interstate Highway Syste

THE SQUEEZE IS ON in China. After three years of booming economic growth, the Chinese govern

In the wake of the worst flooding in 30 years, Midwest homeowners and businesses will learn that mos

STEEL DUMPING IS REAL, NOT PHANTOMYou recently published several misleading articles attacki

COMMUNIST HARD-LINERS in Russia's parliament are trying their best to obstruct President Boris Yelts

Last year, candidate Bill Clinton and Democratic congressional leaders pledged to strengthenU.S. exp

When a huge automobile engine plant burned down in the Russian city of Naberezhnye Chelny earlier th

There are triangles - the Federal Triangle, here in downtown Washington; the Golden Triangle, halfwa

ANOTHER VIEW ON US SEALIFTBecker reveals in a few words that he does not understand what sea

THERE WAS A TIME, long ago, when individual shareholders were the driving force in U.S. stock tradin

ALTHOUGH THE BUDGET BATTLE is dominating President Clinton's agenda these days, he still expects to

EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA are stumbling toward regional integration, but their tasks look easy compar

The tragedy of thousands of men in their 40s and 50s working themselves to death has Japan's medical

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRLINES that better management and a stronger economy can't fix. Tha

Economic data reported last week showed the inventory mini-cycle that began last fall is apparently

This spring's "yes" vote in Denmark on the European Community's Maastricht Treaty on economic and po

As the House and Senate try to reconcile their differences over the president's tax package, the adm

JAPANESE VOTERS didn't exactly "throw the bums out" in Sunday's election, but they came close. The c

WITH SO MUCH political and economic uncertainty in Italy these days, it's reassuring to know that on

DRUG PROBLEMS AWAIT WITH NAFTAAs a Mexican-American and a truck safety advocate, I am offend