Commentary

THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES for the French wine industry. Even before Washington threatened to impose puni

ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE HIGH HOPES for Bill Clinton's energy policies. Clinton advisers already are h

When word made the rounds that Hong Kong Telecom, the territory's telephone monopoly and largest pri

IT ISN'T EVERY DAY a clumsy, outdated law can be revived and put to good use. But that's what's happ

A COMMITMENT TO NONPROLIFERATIONIn his Nov. 5 Opinion article, "Saddam's Argentine Connectio

A new cottage industry has developed in the United States: forecasting the changes that will be made

The bitter struggle in the European Commission over the GATT world trade talks has decisively tipped

HOW BADLY does Japan really need to import highly toxic plutonium to supply its nuclear power plants

NOTHING EXCITES BUREAUCRATS like overhauling the bureaucracy, and Bill Clinton has plenty of that in

EUROPE'S LEADERS have their work cut out for them on the home front. Just ahead of votes in the Euro

President-elect Bill Clinton has repeatedly promised to put together a national health-care plan in

President-elect Bill Clinton's first efforts last week to assemble his transition teams probably cam

The budget deficit poses a dilemma for the incoming Clinton administration. It is impossible to simu

FOR TWO WEEKS LAST JUNE, the Earth Summit in Brazil focused worldwide attention on protecting the gl

FREIGHT SHIPPERS owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Bartley, who retires next month after 20 years as Wa

I saw a condominium that was marked down by $500,000. Co-ops valued above $1 million aren't moving.<

HUNT DEFENDS DRIVER RECORDYour Oct. 21 article, "Teamsters Seek Numbers Among J.B. H

In his Nov. 9 article on this page ("Leave the USTR Post Vacant"), my former Mike Samuels, argued th

WHAT HAPPENS to group health plans when a worker contracts a costly illness such as AIDS? Fo

EVEN AS BILL CLINTON prepares to jump-start the domestic economy, international issues are coming to

Fidel Velazquez, the stocky, 92-year-old leader of the Confederation of Mexican Workers, this countr

The presidential transition has barely begun, but already the signs are plain. Mr. Clinton'sstay in

To: BC From: Transition (Intl. Issues)Re: Trade, et al.The Team has been discussing

U.S. SHIPBUILDERS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING foreign shipyard subsidies for years, and with good reason: G

The first foreign policy challenge of the Clinton presidency will be what to do about the further di

Sweden's shock tactics in forcing its overnight interest rates up to 500 percent in September seem t

FRIEDMAN, DARWIN AND MR. LIFSCHULTZThere is a subhuman philosophy rampant in our land promot

NOT LONG AGO, it looked like the U.S. airline industry might be reduced to three major carriers: Ame

CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, Brian Mulroney, was in trouble with voters even before last month's referen

Another aviation dispute may be about to add to the strains between the United States and its major

Russia's fetish for big-power status forced cancellation of President Boris Yeltsin's September visi

The election of a new president also means a new team to handle U.S. trade policy. Most important, i

FIXING THE ECONOMY is Bill Clinton's highest priority, but reforming the health care system is a clo

IS IT ANY WONDER POLITICIANS on both sides of the Atlantic are held in such low regard? For six year

WILL HE OR WON'T HE? A top adviser to President-elect Clinton is reviving speculation that the new p

George Bush may regret having spent so much time during his college days on the baseball field rathe

In the lingo of the paratrooper he had long been, Fidel Ramos promised to hit the ground running whe

For all the allusions to Harry Truman and John Kennedy during the campaign, Bill Clinton's sweeping

By refusing to provide U.N. weapons inspectors with details of his guided missile programs, Saddam H

Turmoil in the currency markets and vast capital movements have created a challenge that world monet