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You wouldn't know it to look at the crowds in the elegant shops on the Place Vendome or the packed r

HOW COULD $720 MILLION simply disappear from pension funds controlled by the late publisher Robert M

At a joint hearing earlier this month before two House Foreign Affairs subcommittees, several witnes

CANADA'S SYSTEM FOR PRICING TIMBER cut from government land has driven trade relations between Ottaw

IN DEFENSE OF ROB QUARTELYour article on the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department's inane reso

Within the next few months, Congress will be asked to renew the enabling legislation for the Export-

A sure sign that tax legislation may go nowhere is the decision by Senate Finance Committee Chairman

IN AN UNUSUAL TWIST, Mexico is complaining about an environmental plan in the United States.

SCREENING FOREIGN PLANTS for bugs and pests is an important regulatory duty of the Agriculture Depar

Two years ago this month, a State Department advisory committee said there is a pressing need to upg

The impending collapse of the Uruguay Round world trade talks gives new credibility to regional trad

IF HISTORY IS ANY GUIDE, Andrew Card will not serve long as secretary of transportation. Since the d

FEDERAL AVIATION OFFICIALS have the most sophisticated radar equipment in the world, but they have b

Far be it from me to question Paul Tsongas' honesty. But when the Democratic candidate for president

The West rightfully frets over the frightful consequences of former Soviet nuclear scientists and en

GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE are racing to privatize state-owned properties, and Australia is no exception.

LOOK INWARD TO SAVE THE FLEETI have read with interest the continuing articles in your newsp

Since World War II, toll roads have become far more common overseas than they are in the United Stat

About a year ago, S. Linn Williams, then the Bush administration's chief steel trade negotiator, iss

AS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY gallops ahead, some users are in danger of being left behind. Today's

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

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

IN JAPAN, LAND OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, the products of U.S.-based Apple Computer have acquired a ce

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

The new surface transportation law approved by Congress last year gives states the opportunity to dr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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