Commentary

Horse racing made a comeback of sorts in China when Guangzhou held "The Golden Horse Cup" this April

ISRAELI CONTROLS in the troubled Gaza region are interfering with business on both sides of the bord

Now that network news stories on the nation's urban crisis are featured before the first commercial

Random notes from the battle for the economy that you probably did not read in your daily newspaper:

ALTHOUGH CHINA AND TAIWAN are at odds over Taiwan's admission to the GATT, there are signs their rel

Eastern Europe is a front-line victim of Denmark's rejection of the Maastricht Treaty. The E

It all appeared to be going so well. After five years of explosive growth, Thailand was internationa

TRADE TALKS: LET'S GET ON WITH ITLet's be optimistic about the Uruguay Round of the General

DENMARK'S VOTE rejecting European unification has politicians there in a quandary, but for those sti

A chart can sometimes match a picture and be worth at least a thousand words. Consider the c

THREE YEARS after army tanks crushed a budding democracy movement in Beijing, hundreds of protesters

As if servicing a $63 billion foreign debt wasn't enough, economic reforms recommended by the Intern

Major reforms in the U.S. foreign aid program may come next year, administration and congressional s

SCORE ONE for common sense. The Interstate Commerce Commission decided last week that trucking compa

Contrary to popular belief, the most powerful man in Thailand is not the general with the most guns,

President Bush's recent executive order on infrastructure privatization could start a flood of creat

DENMARK'S SHOCKING DECISION to reject the "New Europe" doesn't kill plans for a political and econom

Environmental and human rights groups often announce their "worst polluter" or "most repressive" lis

READING THIS ECONOMIC RECOVERY is like reading ink blots - you can see something different every tim

Just when you thought everyone had forgotten about it, Prohibition is about to make a comeback. Not

DESPITE THE END of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, U.S. officials had refused

WASHINGTON SHOULD HELP OIL INDUSTRYThe U.S. government finally is going to bat for o

FINANCIAL TITANS are fighting over the investment dollars in corporate pensionplans.

Two key House members have painted an $11 billion picture of the ways to reduce U.S. multinational c

The Bush administration says it takes international trade liberalization seriously. Success in the w

A year ago, today's Earth Summit in Brazil was viewed by many throughout the world as perhaps the mo

Yoko Nakagawa, 26, is able and highly intelligent, a graduate of one of Japan's best universities, a

The primary campaign ended with a whimper this week. While George Bush and Bill Clinton won nominati

IF A REMINDER IS NEEDED of the need for international environmental cooperation, it is supplied by R

THE EARTH SUMMIT that begins today in Brazil is much less than it could have been. Instead of strong

SWITZERLAND, which has long prized its neutrality, may have to compromise that principle if it becom

There's been a lot of gloating in France and Britain over the economic and political problems that h

SHIPBUILDERS NEED TRADE REMEDIESWhile The Journal of Commerce certainly has every right to d

As we get closer to the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, the debate

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY has been congratulating itself lately for revising its bloated farm subsidy p

AMONG THE SENSIBLE PROVISIONS in the just-passed House energy bill is one that blocks gas-producing

A House maritime subcommittee may hold hearings this month on a controversial international cargo li

THE ENERGY BILL that's likely to become law this summer won't come close to meeting its original goa

An expert on the European Community was asked recently if a "Fortress Europe" is looming, a referenc

If you had $3 billion to set up an innovative private-school system, what would you create?