Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

ENVIRONMENTALISTS DON'T THINK MUCH of most free traders. A poster making the rounds in Washington pr

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE has a lot of explaining to do. Last week, the agency slapped $17 million in

AFTER PRESIDENT BUSH's arm-twisting trade mission to Japan, it was inevitable that other countries w

Eleven countries, representing the great bulk of the former Soviet Union, have applied for membershi

THE REAL FACTS ABOUT TUNA FISHINGI read your Feb. 7 editorial "Dolphin Deal" with interest a

From California to Massachusetts, auto insurance systems are heading for a breakdown. Premiums, risi

ON THE EVE OF A SPECIAL ELECTION in Japan's rice-producing north, the nation's leaders are repeating

On any given day, scores of massive container ships are anchored off to the Southwest of Hong Kong i

OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, few issues in the European Community have been as divisive as its budget. La

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries tried and failed last week to agree on a significa

The recently imposed U.S. embargo against yellowfin tuna from 20 countries, with more in the wings,

US COMPANIES BUSY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAYour article on U.S. investment in Czechoslovakia suggest

THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS initiative, President Bush's bid to increase trade and investment in

About a year ago a book entitled "The Coming War With Japan" predicted a shooting war between the Un

THE BRITISH STILL HAVE a healthy streak of eccentricity, if the results of a recent poll can be beli

The proud Scots are at it again. Never entirely comfortable with the rule from Westminster i

A portrait of Senator Carter Glass, the Virginia Democrat who fought to keep the Federal Reserve ind

THE MAZE OF LAWS governing insurance sales by banks became even more confusing last week. Tw

While Congress, the White House and the Big Three automakers try to pry open lucrative markets in Ja

POURING MORE FEDERAL MONEY into road and airport projects is fast becoming one of Washington's prefe

SHIPPING LINES NEED BETTER RATE ANALYSISMany articles and comments in your newspaper recentl

IN NORTHERN IRELAND, where bloody conflict between Irish nationalists and British forces is a way of

THE COLD WAR HAS ENDED and nuclear weapons are not much in demand, but don't tell that to the U.S. D

In some places in the United States, a dozen high-quality roses will cost almost as much as a pound

It's getting harder to keep score on the put-down contest between this country and Japan. Ho

OLD COMMUNIST INDUSTRIES in the former East Germany are shedding workers by the bus load, causing th

The long hiring freeze in the U.S. job market has started to thaw. Non-farm employment jumped 406,00

Alan Greenspan utters three words - "lower interest rates" - and the stock market soars to a new rec

AS THE ECONOMY MUDDLES ALONG, hardly a week passes without an impassioned call to protect one U.S. i

For two generations, America's global leadership has gone virtuallyunquestioned in Japan. Th

THE WAR OF WORDS STARTED LAST MONTH, with the speaker of Japan's lower house of Parliament, Yoshio S

TEMPERS ARE GETTING hotter in the impasse over Israel's request for $10 billion in U.S. loan guarant

Western Europe has been infected with a racist virus. Extremist right-wing parties are poise

SPREADING THE COST OF SUPERFUND CLEANUPSYour editorial on Superfund counsels against