Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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