Commentary

READING PRESS RELEASES from the U.S. Trade Representative's office can be tricky business. H

Trying to sell a Czech economist on the virtues of competition is not easy. More than three years af

Now that the Clinton administration is history, the nation trembles over how the country is going to

WHY THE RUSH TO JUDGMENT on Bill Clinton's trade policy? In office barely three weeks, Mr. Clinton a

One of the best things President Clinton could do for the economy is keep his campaign promise to im

RISING CONSUMER demand was always a sure sign that workers laid off during tough times would soon re

IN A WAY, IT'S A SHAME the Big Three automakers dropped their plans for a massive dumping case again

President Clinton has not quite put behind him the domestic issues that dominated his first few falt

A WAY TO MINIMIZE OIL SPILL DAMAGEA towing package requirement might have prevented

WHO SAYS AMERICAN WORKERS aren't as productive as they used to be? Certainly not the Labor Departmen

Only a week into Bill Clinton's presidency, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan said he could hear the "cla

GERMANY, facing mounting costs for integrating its eastern states, is considering a radical step: se

As the Democrats take charge of trade policy, they are asking an important question: Do U.S. trading

In a ceremony rich in unintended symbolism, President Clinton signed his first legislation into law

President Clinton should forget the example set by his predecessors during the last three decades an

FOR COMPREHENSIVE MARITIME REFORMSI share the desire expressed by Mrs. Nicholas Tentas of th

BILL CLINTON's trial balloon on freezing Social Security cost of living increases appears to have fi

"CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES" are enjoying a heyday in Washington. Freed of the ideological bonds

As stories go, this one seemed fairly standard. A company looking to improve productivity shuts down

When a person gets sick, he or she wants to see a doctor - not necessarily a cardiologist or a gastr

A gasoline tax is now being promoted by many as a way of reducing the deficit, expanding infrastruct

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S battered Exchange Rate Mechanism was put to another perilous test in recent

Congress has yet to display the "new look" that seemed likely with the election of a host of freshme

LOOMING SHORTFALLS in Social Security aren't confined to the United States. In France, and elsewhere

BRITISH AIRWAYS may not know it, but its proposed deal with USAir is in trouble. The big U.S

What do you do if your advisers grimly stare across the table and tell you what you are about to do

The first shot in the Great Steel War of 1993 was fired in Washington last week. The Commerc

Six months into the presidency of free market conservative Sixto Duran, Ecuador has begun to break w

"Clintonomics," Bill Clinton's plan to spur growth through public investment, is about to become a r

To recoin a once-popular Jane Ace line (she of radio's Easy Aces - surely, you remember), "Why, you

WHY WE DON'T NEED OIL IMPORT FEESThe Jan. 29 op-ed article by Eugene L. Ames Jr., promoting

SOCIAL SECURITY is widely regarded as the "third rail" of politics: Touch it and you die. The Clinto

THE NORTH AMERICAN free-trade agreement is opening most industries to freer trade and investment, bu

The Yangtze Optical Fibre Cable Company, a Sino-Dutch joint venture in Wuhan, has a worry. Right now

FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE who has everything, computer scientists have developed a new aid: a

BILL CLINTON wants to honor his campaign promises, but consumers wouldn't mind a bit if he forgets a

For the full year 1992, the number of wage and salary workers in the United States rose by almost ex

In an effort to connect his presidential campaign with ordinary Americans, President Bill Clinton fr

AMERICA'S RAILROADS, which not long ago were struggling, have rebounded, and that includes Amtrak.

NEXT TIME you're at an international airport, compare the check-in lines for a U.S. airline's overse