Commentary

Backed up by a costly public relations campaign, President Carlos Menem of Argentina will visit Wash

IF YOUR KIDS like gooey peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, be warned. To get his budget plan throug

PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY is gaining ground in U.S. corporations, and not just for senior managers.<

BROKER DEFENDS OPEN REMOTE FILINGWith reference to your May 26 editorial, "Customs Brokers,"

FIRST THE GOOD NEWS: Owners of commercial real estate will be paying less in local property taxes. N

WHAT'S A NEW ROAD or airport really worth? Will a new highway to a small town yield higher returns t

Pity Mickey Kantor. As the U.S. Trade Representative overseeing negotiations for supplemental accord

He has a kind, wise face, a nice demeanor, a curious mix of earnestness and I've-seen-it-all shrewdn

CUSTOMS BROKERAGE IS A COMPLEX BUSINESSI read your May 26 editorial, "Customs Broker

ROSS PEROT is an engaging sort. As he brandished his bureaucrat-bashing "two b' four" on his Sunday

The Clinton administration may be about to stabilize itself after plummeting in the polls and the wo

On March 1, in a speech at Rutgers, President Clinton took us all up to the mountaintop and showed u

President Clinton hailed action by the House of Representatives narrowly approving his package of ta

IT TAKES A GAMBLER to roll the dice on a casino market that's becoming increasingly crowded.

Last year, shares of Klang Container Terminal (KCT), Malaysia's largest ocean container operation, w

CARGO is clearly on the back burner as the new presidential commission studys the problems of the ai

I recently visited Korea for the first time since 1977. Like most of us, I've read endless tributes

As Congress considers legislation to modernize the U.S. Customs Service, much misinformation is bein

EUROPEAN BANK SQUANDERED FUNDSJennifer W. Macdonald's "Europe's New Gold-Plated Bank

The member countries of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will choose a new director-genera

THE UNITED STATES slapped $20 million in trade sanctions on the European Community Friday over a dis

"Modernizing" the Customs Service - who could be against that? Certainly not customs brokers

SMALL AND MID-SIZED American companies have a problem. To survive in competitive markets they need w

IF EDOUARD BALLADUR gets his way, French industry will never be the same. France's new conse

A crucial barometer of the Clinton administration's nascent trade policy will be its ability to deve

It was in Los Alamos, N.M., that I became fully aware of the enormous time, energy and money that go

AFTER SOME BLUSTER over possible sanctions in the future, President Clinton did the smart thing Thur

As negotiations resume for parallel accords to the North American free-trade agreement (Nafta), oppo

Waiter: What kind of hazardous material would you like on your salad, sir? Customer: I'll ha

THE BUZZ inside the Beltway is getting louder as the House approaches a crucial vote on President Cl

Tightrope Walker Bill is about to make his move. He's attempting two high wires almost simultaneousl

STEINFELD'S 'ABSURD' UNDERCHARGE ARTICLEThe opinion piece written by Joseph L. Stein

Opponents of the North American free-trade agreement, or Nafta, have raised the specter of massive j

Friction and misunderstandings are inevitable as long as Japanese are seen as inscrutable. We must b

ALLEN S. ROBERTS was special. Just one year into his tenure at The Journal of Commerce, he had alrea

BEYOND THE BIG, FRONT-PAGE trade deals are the mechanics of trade: shipping goods worldwide, clearin

The Clinton administration's international trade policy is muddled, contradictory and confused, like

A new breed of manager is set to transform Europe's liner shipping industry over the next few years.

Although U.S. and European companies are cashing in on Russia's privatization boom, the country's en

NOTHING SUCCEEDS like success . . . or does it? China, working hard to boost production, is