Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In a statement that makes sense only in the nether world of Eastern European telecommunications, the

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

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

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

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

While the Clinton administration can celebrate the tariff-cutting deal reached at the Tokyo summit t

The recent federal court decision to require an environmental impact statement for the North America

WHAT'S IN A TITLE? Up to $119,000, as some British aristocrats have discovered. A growing li

THE CLOSER YOU GET to America's unfair trading laws, the more unfair they look. Take the big steel c

A House subcommittee resumes consideration of maritime subsidy legislation this week in an unusually

The recent Group of 7 summit yielded what many, including President Clinton, have hailed as a breakt

Initial reactions to the tariff-reduction agreement reached at last week's Group of 7 summithave bee

NEEDED: NEW KIND OF INDUSTRIAL POLICYChristopher Saunders' July 1 opinion article on the ste

BILL CLINTON left Tokyo last week with a practical agreement for improving access to Japan'smarkets.

While democracy may be a bold new experiment in the formerly communist nations, for many countries i

On a busy day, more than $1 trillion of currencies changes hands in the foreign exchange market, one

POLITICIANS ARE DRAWN irresistibly to scenes of natural disaster. This month's flooding in the Missi

THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT'S problem-plagued program to find a place to bury radioactive waste from nucle

"Ten thousand annual workplace fatalities" is the rallying cry for sweeping reform of the Occupation

In the murky world of trade politics, things are not always what they seem. President Clinton was qu

As leaders of the world's major economies left Tokyo late last week, Japanese citizens breathed a co

GOVERNMENT IGNORED MEBA'S TROUBLESYour July 2 editorial, "MEBA Mess," (Page 6A) rewr

WEST COAST DOCKWORKERS and maritime employers agreed earlier this month on a new three-year master c

WHILE IN JAPAN, President Clinton tried to convince Japanese students that open markets would improv

JAPAN'S UNEMPLOYMENT is worse than official figures show, according to a report published Monday by

WHILE THE EAST COAST is sweltering in the summer heat, some consumer groups and utilities are thinki

The Maastricht Treaty will be required holiday reading for some weary European Community officials t

In a talk to the Conference of Mayors and the National Association of Counties this spring, Sen. Max

TEXTILE TARIFF CUTS: NOT SO FASTYour June 28 editorial on textile tariffs in the Uru

The failure to contain Japan's inroads in pharmaceuticals - a high-tech industry in which the United