Commentary

COLD WAR BARRIERS between the two Koreas are gradually falling away. On Thursday, in a rare

A COUNTERPOINT ON COUNTERTRADEAs chairman of the Countertrade Committee formed by U.

1993 has the look of a landmark year in U.S. trade legislation. Congress, it is widely belie

FIVE CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS of the former Soviet Union have long complained of their "junior partne

Nearly every American family participates in or benefits from federal entitlement programs.

BARELY TWO MONTHS into his new administration, Bill Clinton will head a government that is officiall

THE COSTS OF STUBBORN SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS are mounting as Israel nears the end of the third week of i

Congressional leaders, aided and abetted by operatives in the new Clinton administration, are planni

BIG POST-CHRISTMAS SALES are all the rage at this time of year, but nothing compares with the post-C

Many Americans fear the North American free-trade agreement will start a race by U.S. companies to m

Several weeks into Operation Restore Hope, there are signs the U.S.-led intervention is evolving to

PENA'S EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONT LINESI read with amazement the "Straight Talk" column by Ira

The European Community was supposed to be in a party mood this week, celebrating the launch of the w

As President-elect Clinton finalizes his opening economic strategy, the issue of a capital gains tax

A DISCONCERTING LEGACY remains from the last Congress as the new one takes office: A tendency to inc

THE SPECTACULAR FALL of Brazil's reform-minded president, Fernando Collor de Mello, overshadows an e

ANYONE WHO EXPECTED a quick end to the world trade talks after November's U.S.-European farm deal ha

Maritime and longshore unions shortly may help revive one of the issues that complicated last year's

While most Americans prepared Christmas lists this Yuletide, others spent the holiday compiling list

Richard the Third has always been a favorite Shakespearean character of mine. Unlike Hamlet, he neve

President-elect Bill Clinton completed his cabinet in time to meet his Christmas deadline and few ar

AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, the 12-nation European Community officially turns into a single market, poised

The high quality of health care in the United States is indisputable. But the rapid and dramatic inc

A hundred years ago a debate raged in England over trade and industrial policy. Great Britain, then

IT COULD BE months before the words "robust" and "economy" are used in the same breath. Still, as th

I just heard yesterday. A close college friend, an attorney, lost his job - his third one in two yea

A Mainland Chinese acquaintance working in Hong Kong phoned me on Christmas eve. "What is yo

Solid expansion in the United States - powered by gains in consumer spending, business investment, h

WHEN 45-YEAR-OLD Federico Pena becomes transportation secretary next month, he'll discover an unnerv

COMMUNICATIONS GIANTS in the cable television and telephone industries are having trouble communicat

TEN YEARS AND $4 BILLION into its search for a permanent storage site for civilian nuclear waste, th

U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES are among the very best in the world - and the rest of the world i

Pressure is growing on the British government to tear up its plans for privatizing British Rail and

BRITAIN SUPPORTS 'OPEN SKIES'In your Dec. 23 editorial ("Protectionism Triumphant," Page 6A)

Technically, the United States has been in an economic recovery for more than a year and a half. Aft

THERE'S STILL A CHANCE British Airways could join forces with USAir Group, even though its equity de

Although President-elect Clinton plans to focus on domestic issues early in his administration, he i

The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) can help to build an economic bridge between the Uni

Holidays are said to be a time of great awe and wonder. That's true. I wonder about many things now

BILL CLINTON and George Bush have few things in common, but they might agree on this: When it comes