Commentary

BANK REGULATORS, embarrassed by undetected cross-border fraud at the Bank of Credit and Commerce Int

Your July 2 editorial, "Opening European Skies," was right on the mark. The goal in aviation regulat

Thailand is in the middle of yet another political coup. But in a radical departure from the past, t

THE BLATHER HAS STARTED. George Bush had barely announced agreement with Mexico and Canada on a free

THE SHIPBUILDERS' STRAW MAN ARGUMENTOver the past two years the Shipbuilders Council of Amer

THE "LEVEL PLAYING FIELD" CROWD is at it again. Determined to keep airlinesfrom reaping the

If this is August, it must be time to overhaul the Federal Reserve. Just a year ago, liberal Democra

Yoshio Murakami, 38, an Osaka greenhouse owner, last week visited his nation's capital to discuss th

AS U.S. AND KOREAN OFFICIALS proved last week, hard bargaining pays off. Their agreement Friday to o

HEALTH INSURERS are nursing a black eye in Congress. The industry's shiner comes from a bill that co

The emerging democracies of Eastern and Central Europe are in a classic Catch- 22 when it comes to b

WHEN IT COMES to managing its finances, Russia has had to be creative. Faced with a $70 billion fore

Britain has pushed maritime safety to the top of its agenda during its six- month presidency of the

ELECTRIC COMPANIES WHEEL POWERYour July 23 article, "Electricity Wheeling Seen Near, Opening

INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE CALLS cost too much. That's especially true when calls involve countries wit

At a time when American industry is being challenged by foreign competitors, U.S. trade laws are bei

Early this summer - while the news media were preoccupied with the Earth Summit and Boris Yeltsin's

THE BATTLE FOR MEXICO IS ON. With the North American free-trade agreement all but completed, George

MARVIN RUNYON is off to a good start. The new postmaster general, who took office last month

The U.S. Export-Import Bank appears very close to clearing the way for the disbursement of loan guar

THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, already booming economically, will continue to outstrip other parts of the

CANADA'S BEER LAWS ARE FAIR TO USWe were, quite frankly, shocked and appalled by your editor

PLENTY OF TRUCKS can be seen shuttling any day of the week between Busan, South Korea's largest port

Presidential candidate Bill Clinton's proposal to invest in infrastructure to jump-start the economy

Getting magnetic levitation vehicles off the ground seems to be more a problem of perceptions than o

ADVICE TO UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS from Germany's largest commercial bank: Parts of the new republic's ec

Last weekend, trade ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico locked themselves in the Wat

THE NASTY CONFRONTATION between new Teamsters Union President Ron Carey and the government is disqui

Dramatic cutbacks in oil imports from the former Soviet Union have profoundly changed life in Cuba a

To coin a phrase, "What's after Nafta?" Let's assume the United States, Canada and Mexico, d

The space station is a celestial motel, scorned by serious researchers asuseless for advanci

CONGRESS HAS A TALENT for meddling in labor disputes. In June, it was railroads; this month, it's co

If you forget for the moment all the political noise surrounding the Sino- Hong Kong airport talks,

While the economy has recovered at a snail's pace thus far in 1992, corporate profits have improved

THE IMPASSE IS FINALLY OVER in that other labor dispute that confronted Congress this summer: June's

The battle between free marketers and interventionists in the European Community is set to flare up

The opinion article in your June 12 edition, "Trucking's Regulatory Morass" (Page 6A), is just too m

SOME 75 percent OF U.S. TRADE with Mexico moves by truck. Yet the border between the two countries h

It is vitally important for the Western Hemisphere's economic recovery that the North American free-

THE MONTH-OLD COALITION government of Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato won a major victory late