Commentary

Students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, one of the territory's three universities, are a re

Much has been said and written about the threat of nuclear terrorism in Russia and the need for the

The European Community is in a state of limbo, with its member states engulfed in domestic traumas t

SEAPORTS, with their bustling docks, industrial waterfronts and rail and truck yards, are centers of

Washington is gearing up for sweeping health-care reform with much happy rhetoric about expanding ac

Last month, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jack Brooks, and Patrick Leahy, a member

ANYONE who has dealt with sprawling bureaucracies and unresponsive civil servants - just about every

After losing the first few major battles on Clinton administration budget proposals, Senate Republic

The fuss over President Clinton's stimulus package seems trivial to the economic cognoscenti, a clas

COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN, a fund-raising whiz while chairman of the Democratic National Committe

OVERSHADOWED BY THE BORIS AND BILL SHOW earlier this month, President Clinton's Northwest timber sum

Mexico has done very well recently attracting foreign capital, especially to its 2,500 maquiladora a

While the experts working on Hillary Rodham Clinton's task force on health care have now been identi

SUPPORTING U.S.-FLAG CRUISES TO NOWHEREI was disappointed by your March 22 editorial, "Marit

FIGURING TAXES is rarely easy; for investors with foreign holdings, it can be mind boggling. Governm

In the headlong pursuit of a great goal, there is the danger that mistakes will be made and become e

FINALLY, an encouraging sign from France on the world trade talks. After years of obstructionism, es

Julia P. Porras twists a handkerchief in her hands as she recalls a day in 1944 when Japanese soldie

ONE MEASURE of the muddle in the health care industry is the utter befuddlement of its customers.

BARRING AN ALMOST MIRACULOUS breakthrough in the next few weeks, the bilateral aviation treaty betwe

One Washington theory holds that your policy is a success if the editorial boards are unable to pige

On Feb. 18, President Clinton called on the nation to "focus, unite and act" to "make our economy th

NO EASY SOLUTIONS ON TANKER SAFETYI would like to make a couple of comments on "How

Emergency aid to Russia and U.S.-Japan trade doubtless will top the agenda for the April bilateral s

It would be stretching it to say European Community trade officials awaited the arrival of Mickey Ka

FOR A PRESIDENT NEW to foreign affairs, Bill Clinton hit most of the right notes in his weekend summ

GERMANY'S NATIONAL AIRLINE, it seems, can protest just as loudly as the most vocal American carriers

WESTERN GOVERNMENTS made a gesture Friday to help Russian President Boris Yeltsin, agreeing to let R

The Maritime Administration and the Pentagon are involved in a tussle over the release of about $50

DELINQUENT SHIPPERS SHOULD PAY UPSometimes contradicting the views of advertisers is a diffi

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT released its hit list of unfair traders last week - countries that allegedly

President Clinton's billion-dollar aid package for Russia is going to be a hard sell. To many people

AS PRESIDENT CLINTON is learning, small can be beautiful when the subject is aid to Russia.

FIRST BMW, now Mercedes. Reuters reported this week that Mercedes-Benz is planning to build an auto

NEEDED: AN ACTIVIST MARITIME POLICYYou continue to serve the maritime industry well by publi

As a candidate, Bill Clinton campaigned on a platform of what are now recognized as mutually inconsi

The nation's system of gathering statistics, used to monitor such vital signs as poverty, unemployme

CALL IT THE PENA PRINCIPLE. Last week, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena jawboned North

Something touching doesn't happen often in this Washington international trade game. But it did a fe

By early June, President Clinton must determine whether to extend China's trade status foranother ye