Commentary

A little-known provision of the U.S. tax code has emerged as a major vehicle to finance long-term de

WHEN IT COMES TO FREER TRADE, talk is cheap. The European Community likes to promote open ma

EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE the Internal Revenue Service, especially the millions of taxpayers who waited

WORKING TO MAKE SHIPS SAFERI would like to commend both Michael D. Tusiani and Lars

Enter the numbers game. It's under way this week in Tokyo. Finance and foreign ministers fro

The flame trees are in full bloom in Hanoi this month, a sure sign that school holidays will begin s

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

FREE TRADE has enriched the United States immeasurably during the last 45 years. A more open trading

The rate of inflation accelerated in the first quarter. The consumer price index rose at a seasonall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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