Commentary

It has been exactly a year since Kiichi Miyazawa, Japan's veteran "insider politician," became prime

BILL CLINTON wants a more ethical government, certainly a worthy goal. But his rigid new ethics rule

U.S. exporters pushing for more U.S. foreign aid money to help them win big project awards in Third

Despite the smooth, photo-opportunity landing where American troops encountered more journalists tha

Last week in Copenhagen, the Sea and Trade Court of Denmark closed a chapter in the tragedy of the S

President-elect Bill Clinton has a unique opportunity to set a new direction for foreign aid in the

KEEP RAILROAD RIGHTS OF WAY PRIVATEIn his Dec. 2 opinion article, "European Lesson for US Ra

AS EACH WEEK PASSES, U.S. business support for a world trade deal wanes. A global agreement to elimi

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S tattered currency system received more bad news Thursday: Norway, which had

SOME GIVE AND TAKE on Russia's economic reform program is to be expected, but Prime Minister Yegor G

This June, President-elect Bill Clinton will face one of the toughest decisions in international tra

Representatives from the major industrialized nations recently met secretly in Bonn to try to stem t

IN LESS THAN 20 YEARS, the first wave of Baby Boomers will start to retire. Many of that vast army,

Let's take stock. The U.S. economy, though finally out of recession thanks largely to a pick

SHAKEOUTS IN SHIPPING TRADE LANES are unsettling. Ocean carriers that once were mainstays on certain

The business press has had a field day "exposing" the extraordinarily high pay of American CEOs. Jou

GIVING CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY WANT is the credo of all good businesses, but do McDonald's fast-food lov

Even though the election, and thus the need to bash George Bush, have passed, news organizations con

The underlying cause of the current health care crisis is that the system is not affordable. While a

MEXICO'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM, long tainted by corruption, seems headed for a much-needed cleanup.

SHRINKING MILITARY BUDGETS, a happy sign of the post-Cold War era, have become harbingers of a glumm

Venezuela's President Carlos Andres Perez - now limping through a second term - could profit from Me

Germany's business community has finally woken up to the potentially disastrous commercial impact of

Located on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey, an associate member

Should financial products, such as securities and insurance programs, be patented, and thus protecte

BUT OLD - NAME is surfacing for the post of U.S. trade representative in the Clinton administration:

WHO NEEDS THE GATT, ANYWAY?"Why a GATT Deal Is Crucial." "Why, indeed?" I thought once more,

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY wants to help its struggling neighbors in Eastern Europe - but only up to a p

AS HIS ADMINISTRATION winds to a close, George Bush is tying up loose ends wherever he can. He patch

EUROPEAN UNITY is looking more problematic than ever. The European Community's currency system is in

TOBACCO GROWERS say they are getting a raw deal from the government: While other farm products recei

Whatever happened to the tradition of the shrewd Yankee Trader? Judging from Washington's performanc

Chalk up a new role for the world cop in the post-Cold War era: halting hunger and starvation. The p

ENERGY CONSERVATION IS NOT ENOUGHYour Nov. 18 editorial, applauding a possible shift of gove

The House of Representatives often is out of order. It remains so until a member makes a point of or

IN PRAISE OF CUSTOMS CHIEF CAROL HALLETTThe criticism by Reps. Charles Rose, D-N.C., and Dou

TWO U.S. CONGRESSIONAL delegations are visiting Beijing this week to let Chinese officials know it w

Malaysia's economy is like the Energizer bunny: it keeps going and going and going. Indeed,

A SUBTLE STRAIN of xenophobia has been running through the Clinton camp for months. During t

THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN are on the verge of another nasty trade dispute. Taking a cue from gun-s