Commentary

While media attention has been focused on recent events in the Commonwealth of Independent States an

At the meat counter, "choice" denotes high quality. In fact, the word originated in a culinary conte

WITH ETHNIC STRIFE raging all around them, leaders of 11 Black Sea states Thursday took the quixotic

What will the Labor Party's overwhelming victory in the Israeli elections mean for the future direct

CALIFORNIA IS IN THE MIDST of what is becoming an annual rite - trying to reconcile a huge shortfall

IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT that national borders and time differences matter less and less in financial m

The most well-intentioned plans can have unintended - and unfortunate - consequences. Such is the ca

MICHIGAN TRUCKING RULES ARE NECESSARYYour June 17 article "Michigan Moves to Deregulate Truc

RAILROAD LABOR RELATIONS are bad and getting worse. Unions are still fuming over the wage settlement

Is it really the North American free-trade agreement (Nafta) the United States, Mexico and Canada ha

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS of environmental regulation have improved air and water quality - but at a cost se

RADICAL FRENCH FARMERS are at it again, trying to hold back European Community agricultural reforms.

Mexico may be heading into a long, hot summer. Gubernatorial elections are scheduled for ear

"Now let us look into the deceitful conduct of these people. For the last 10 days they have interpos

Fundamentals in the U.S. economy are improving. The Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed what busine

IN MOST OF THE WORLD, inventors play by a simple rule: Whoever gets to the patent office first recei

IF YOU'VE BEEN READING the letters to the editor in this paper lately, you get the impression railro

The last 18 months have been less than kind to Jacques Delors. The president of the European

Through the 1980s, regaining control of the government of Nicaragua was an official American obsessi

U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady has summoned Latin America's chief economic authorities for c

American agriculture remains super-efficient, untouched by the productivity lag that afflicts manufa

It's trade week, with a capital T, at the International Trade Commission. Two major unfair trade pra

Two weeks ago, executives from nearly two dozen countries were lavishly wined and dined in Cancun, M

AFTER YEARS OF GOVERNMENT INACTION, Washington finally has produced a workable plan to reform federa

RUSSIAN HARD-LINERS gave an unsubtle reminder Thursday of the political problems facing President Bo

Japanese politicians and diplomats participate in the drama of world affairs, but they always seem l

WATER PROJECTS ARE NOT PORK BARRELWe question the use of the shop-worn cliche "pork-barrel l

For four decades, India was the world's most decisive refutation of the proposition that economic an

IT'S A PORT OFFICIAL'S worst nightmare - sitting by helplessly as your shipping channels fill with m

Wealthier societies are more able and willing to devote resources to clean up and protect their envi

RUSSIA NEEDS EVERYTHING: machines, technology, services, infrastructure and consumer goods. It also

PUTTING THE SHOE ON THE WRONG FOOTYour May 4 article on Customs Service rulings on f

ONE OF THE BASTIONS of trucking industry regulation may be about to give way to economic common sens

No more red tape, no more rules, no more third-rate public schools. Maybe privatizing public

Near presidential candidate Ross Perot has been more explicit about trade policy than mostother issu

PRIVATIZATION WORKS. That's the World Bank's conclusion after studying 12 companies once runby gover

Bad things, like good, come to an end. The Earth Summit in Rio is over. Participants in the conferen

The prospect of intensified economic competition among the United States, Europe andJapan has yet to

JAPAN MAY HAVE a healthy trade surplus, but its domestic economy remains in the doldrums. Consider t

When George Bush says he "won't touch Social Security" as part of efforts to balance the budget, wha