Commentary

The Portuguese territory of Macao, just 40 miles across the Pearl River from Hong Kong and 80 miles

Preliminary data indicate that total bank reserves - the raw material for the money supply - rose at

U.S. TRADE NEGOTIATORS have spent more than a decade trying to limit Europe's huge government subsid

The European Commission has a case of the Single Market blues. The European Community's exec

To a chorus of denunciations from the chieftains of the research establishment, the scientific pork

FMC COMMISSIONER QUARTEL SHOULD GOI agree with the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department's call

PROTECTING WILDLIFE has moved from the genteel realm of wealthy patrons and educational foundations

GIVE GEORGE BUSH CREDIT. His January trade mission to Japan, intended mainly to help ailing U.S. aut

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION restored its environmental credibility last week by acknowledging the danger

Too much of the debate in this country over trade issues consists of finger- pointing. Not w

IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH, you can always find a loophole. Vietnam Airlines has found a way to

The Export-Import Bank must soon ask Congress to renew its charter, or basic operating authority, an

This city's traffic jams have become legendary. Watching vehicles crawl at 4 miles an hour has becom

EXPLAINING HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEESThere are a number statements in your well-written article

Who will stand up for the status quo? It's hard to find anyone here who claims it. Somewhere, deep i

THE ECONOMY IS STILL IN THE DOLDRUMS and everyone, especially economists, has a different idea of ho

"For you," the radio said, "the war is over." It was March 31, 1991. The Navy broadcasting s

LIFE IS ABOUT TO GET TOUGHER for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who has held on to power despite 18 mo

United States Attorney General William Barr recently announced his intention to have the Department

It probably was bound to happen, but the combination of election-year politics and the nation's econ

CARMAKERS: DON'T BLAME HEALTH COSTSChrysler Corp. executive Walter Maher's assertion before

THE DOUBLE HULL OIL TANKER DEBATE likely will overshadow all other events at the IMO meeting on mari

NOTHING IS BETTER than a double-hulled tanker for preventing oil spills. That was the conclusion of

Growth, or the lack of it, will surely dominate the election campaign this fall. Ironically,

EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL problems are nothing new for the nation's air traffic control system. Critic

As the European Community enters its year of metamorphosis into a single market, it faces challenges

The Murakami family, typical of Japan's middle class, had scrimped and saved for years to pay for th

THE NATION IS MIRED IN RECESSION and corporate profits are down, but senior managers seem to be hold

Norman Lamont, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, will make the most important speech of his pol

All of the name-calling of late between the United States and Japan is enough to revive memories of

THE SWEET FACTS ABOUT SUGARIn your editorial "Debunking Protection" (Feb. 12, Page 8A), you

AS THE SMOKE CLEARS from last week's one-day work stoppage by West Coast longshoremen, the question

American suppliers accuse Japanese carmakers of snubbing them in favor of firms belonging to their o

Will new Transportation Secretary Andrew Card tell a presidential review panel that gave up hope of

CAPITALIST SPECULATORS, the scourge of socialist countries, are back in China. Chinese autho

NCITD AND CUSTOMS SETTLE ON DRAWBACKSome of your recent articles on proposed duty drawback l

CHARGES OF DOCKER SABOTAGE ARE FALSEWe are deeply angered that you published a story accusin

I have come here not to bury Economic and Monetary Union - an impossible task in face of so many hig

Offshore banking - also known as Eurobanking - has rocketed since the early 1950s into a $5 trillion

EVEN AS ISRAELI TANKS WERE ROLLING into South Lebanon, the Lebanese government pressed ahead this we