Commentary

Despite the North American free-trade agreement, Congress has just taken a slap at Mexico. L

Few bills are as counterproductive as the Cuban Democracy Act, which tightens the U.S. tradeembargo

TRANSMISSION ACCESS BILL HURTS CONSUMERSYou appropriately entitled your editorial on electri

THE BEST ATTEMPT IN YEARS at modernizing U.S. shipping policy is fading fast. But there's still time

Experience teaches. Experience guides action. Generals fight the last war, workers don't change thei

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN BILLED TWICE for the same service, you know how freight shippers feel about some

Selling free trade is always tough. In bad economic times it is even tougher. That it should be done

To hear Republicans like Dan Quayle talk, you might think they are the only ones who care about refo

HEALTH INSURANCE horror stories abound among small employers. Annual premium increases of 30percent

At last week's International Monetary Fund-World Bank meeting, where finance ministers and central b

If politics can make for strange bedfellows, it can make for even stranger economic policy. In the c

STRIP MINING FOR COAL in national parks is a deeply disturbing idea. It's also unlikely to ever happ

PRIVATIZING STATE ENTERPRISES may be tougher than Russia's leaders planned - and they have only them

The debate about presidential debates has been going on for several weeks. Bill Clinton's camp says

Barring an eleventh hour political reprieve for President Bush, William Jefferson Clinton of Hope, A

During a private Washington luncheon this past August, Konstantin Natonovich Borovoi, a successful R

SHIPOWNER SUPPORT IS NOT A SUBSIDYYour Sept. 1 article on Japanese shipbuilding supp

The crisis in the European Community has delivered a killer blow to Eastern Europe's bid to integrat

GEORGE BUSH AND BILL CLINTON are endorsing much different economic plans, butneither has bee

GIVEAWAYS TO FARMERS are growing like weeds in the U.S. Agriculture Department. Less than a

AFTER YEARS OF DEBATE, Congress is close to passing a much-needed law to automate the paperbound Cus

IT IS WELCOME NEWS whenever regulators defer to the marketplace. The Interstate Commerce Commission

Consumers throughout the United States, especially those in Northeastern states far from the dusty g

U.S. officials aren't showing it publicly, but privately they are concerned about the competitive co

Much has been written in the last year about the value of a North American free-trade agreement. Fro

MOUNTING PILES OF GARBAGE in the Netherlands, and diminishing space to bury it, have prompted a Drac

Over the past few years, Asean, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has emerged as a key exp

Back in the days when Roy Rogers was a cowboy and not a fast-food restaurant, young boys ran around

Election-year politics have made "excessive" executive pay a hot issue. Critics have likened the arr

MOST ELECTRICITY in the United States is produced by regulated utilities, which also transmit that p

BILL CLINTON RECEIVED SOME GOOD NEWS Wednesday. Ron Carey, the energetic new president of the Teamst

Confused by the currency turmoil in Europe? The flood of ink spent on it suggests that all that need

WHY US JOBS WILL SHIFT TO MEXICOProf. Stefan H. Robock's opinion column Sept. 15 ("Why Plant

GERMANY WAS RIFE with turmoil last week, and not only in currency andfinancial markets. A da

In the bleak Depression winter of 1930-31, the leader of the U.S. Communist Party, William Z. Foster

IF THERE HAS BEEN A SILVER LINING in the demise of Eastern Airlines, Pan Am and other failed U.S. ca

SPAIN'S FINANCE MINISTER, Carlos Solchaga, is in Washington this week tilting at windmills. So are t

For too long, opponents of a capital gains tax cut have sought to portray a lower tax rate as a boon

Japan is a very rich country, with average individual incomes among the highest in the world, but Ja

Despite the narrow vote in the French referendum in favor of the Maastricht Treaty, policy-makers mu