Commentary

MANY BUSINESS LEADERS supported candidate Bill Clinton because he promised to end 12 years of laisse

With the future of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in doubt, Latin America is looking to

IT WAS REASSURING to hear Mr. Clinton support freer trade in his speech Wednesday and to acknowledge

Air Transport Association President James E. Landry stumbled badly in his harsh attack on high-speed

What a difference a few months makes. Candidate Bill Clinton said he would cut taxes for the

President Clinton's economic program is big, bold and appears balanced, but there is a huge hole in

IT WAS HARD not to be impressed by President Clinton's eloquent call to arms Wednesday. It was just

In China, it's the year of the rooster. In Japan - about 10 days ago - it appeared to be the year of

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and nothing will be as absent from Germany as BMW when it moves

PRESIDENT CLINTON christened what might be called the New Age of Infrastructure in his State of the

The federal government is outspending its tax revenue by nearly $1 billion each day, adding to a deb

AS PRESIDENT CLINTON unveils his economic program tonight, remember this: Almost every dollar he pro

Mickey Kantor, the new U.S. trade representative, will be occupied in the coming year with an array

President Clinton's call for a $250 billion tax increase to spur the economy is a quixotic muddle of

Once a communist backwater, Vietnam is now being touted as one of Asia's last business frontiers, a

JACQUES DELORS, president of the European Commission, understands the pressures of politics, be they

WHAT DO PIG IRON, inedible tallow and rock salt have in common? They're all still regulated by the I

Making the break from command economics to free-market reform has been a painful experience for Pola

NO FINAL DEAL YET FOR APL, EAST ASIATICI would like to point out an apparent misunderstandin

WHILE MAJOR TRADING NATIONS are struggling to bring the stalled Uruguay Round of world trade talks t

Not so long ago, the European Community had its sights fixed on the 21st century. At the beg

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

If you think President Clinton could do no worse than he did in managing the debate on gays in the m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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