Commentary

IF THIS SUMMER'S AIR CONDITIONING bill is busting your budget, take heart: Changes in the electricit

Shipping is becoming safer. Latest casualty returns from Lloyd's Register of Shipping show the numbe

GIVEN HALF A CHANCE, globally minded American retailers will put down roots almost anywhere.

Although it hasn't been receiving much attention lately, the federal government is moving ahead with

SHIP INDUSTRY'S CHANGING ECONOMICSI am dismayed at the quality of the debate concerning the

Environmentalists want the federal government to buy more land. They have persuaded Sen. Bennett Joh

FEW U.S. INDUSTRIES have enjoyed more protection from imports than textiles. While textile b

In Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park," the camera momentarily focuses in on a rack of T-shirts and o

BRITAIN HAS ITS SHARE of high-tech industries, but that doesn't mean its older crafts are destined t

If U.S. shipping companies act on threats to register their vessels under foreign flags because Cong

IT'S CALLED THE "INVISIBLE RESOURCE." The electromagnetic spectrum is the "highway" over whi

MOVE FORWARD WITH CUSTOMS UPDATEWe would like to compliment you for your editorial t

Although the North American free-trade agreement has been called the ''greenest treaty ever negotiat

FROM A CONVENTION OF MATHEMATICIANS comes word that Princeton theorist Andrew Wiles has solved a 300

It will be a special moment in the history of Canadian politics today when Kim Campbell takes over f

THE INSURANCE BUSINESS is all about risk: assessing the chance a loss will occur and charging the ri

From my office window, I have a fine view of the street a few floors below. A summer rain storm came

The fate of 17 countries and their trade with the United States is now before the U.S. Congress.

DESIGNING SHIPS TO FIT THE PORTSWhat do you think would happen if people looked at t

CAPITALISM can be a difficult concept for communist countries to understand. That may explain why Ho

MARITIME INTERESTS AND OIL EXPLORATIONIn his April 28 letter, Rear Admiral Thomas A.

The potential for business growth in Vietnam is astounding. Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, Britai

FORGET PRIVATIZATION and trade liberalization. The real reason for Latin America's soaring trade exp

IN A SINGLE-MINDED QUEST for votes in Congress, the Clinton administration is jeopardizing commercia

Democrats in the U.S. Senate demonstrated once again that, left to their own devices, there are no l

JAPAN'S UNRIVALED ECONOMIC SUCCESS has always concealed a decidedly common problem: political corrup

EL SALVADOR FIRM ON LAND REFORMYour article on land reform in El Salvador presents a

The leaders of the European Community will ritualistically proclaim their belief in free trade today

MASSIVE PRIVATIZATION of state-owned companies in Europe may have beneficial side effects: tax and r

Most Americans care little about currency exchange rates. They see the currency market as something

The introduction of a bill to reform U.S. maritime regulatory law embodied in the 1984 Shipping Act

AIR FRANCE ISN'T SUBSIDIZEDOn May 19, the Financial Times announced that British Air

IT'S IRONIC that as Western governments have encouraged freer trade over the last 40 years, protecti

At a time of escalating trade tensions with Japan and other nations, the Clinton administration is n

THERE'S A LOT NOT TO LIKE in the Clinton administration's new trade policy toward Japan. At its core

The following is an edited transcript of an exchange between Herbert D. Kelleher, chairman of Southw

REMEMBER THAT BLUE SUIT you bought in 1989, marked down by $50? Well, the retailer just filed for ba

Jimmie Ruth Daughtrey of Nashville, Tenn., and Wendy Perkins of Scottsdale, Ariz., could teach Bruce

SHORTEN LINKS IN AIR CARGO CHAINI enjoyed your coverage of the air cargo conference in Orlan

WHO SAID life is fair? According to AT&T, Father's Day - coming up this Sunday - runs a dist