Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PROLONGED RECESSION apparently has dampened separatist sentiment in Quebec. The province's premier,

CALIFORNIA'S TRUCKERS have a problem. As we've noted here before, the courts recently freed Federal

Defeat in World War II not only cured Japan's militaristic delusions but also destroyed our backbone

The annual Senate battle over China trade policy will move forward Tuesday when the Senate Finance C

The most important basic research project in the world today - an effort that realistically could im

As a scientist, the transparent political melodrama over food irradiation makes me angry. Food compa

RESOLVING TRADE DISPUTES is tough enough. Changing a country's entire business culture, which U.S. a

This year's United Nations Earth Summit focused world attention on the environment. As a result, man

GEORGE BUSH is not the only Western leader in trouble with voters. French President Francois Mitterr

One of the main issues of this campaign will be who to "blame" for the current economic situation. T

DOMESTIC SHIP LINES FAULT MARITIME BILLYour July 22 article "Maritime Sector Remains

RICHARD GEPHARDT is eager to help George Bush negotiate a proper free-trade agreement with Mexico. B

For all of his rhetoric and efforts against federal regulation, George Bush has been and probably wi

The next time rush hour traffic allows you to contemplate the state of our public facilities, you wo

JAPAN'S ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKERS, fanning out Tuesday to explain their plans to stimulate the economy,

THE UNITED STATES LAUNCHED a beer war with Canada last week, but in this case, Washington can be for

After a month of frantic selling, Mexico's stock market, the "bolsa," is posting big gains on news t

After years of on-again, off-again negotiations, first with the Soviet Union and lately with the Rus