Commentary

THE SOVIET UNION hasn't been a military threat to the West for some time now. NATO made that officia

TRUCKING DECONTROL HAS WREAKED HAVOCI read with interest the Oct. 10 article, "What Truck CE

The economic reforms announced by Russian President Boris Yeltsin last month constitute a pragmatic

ANTI-DUMPING LAWS FULFILL PURPOSEIn his Oct. 24 column ("Dumping Anti-Dumping Law," Page 8A)

Of all the ideas for bringing the U.S. economy out of the doldrums, the most unusual I've heard to d

Amid the recent concern that America is being gobbled up by the Japanese comes Time Warner Inc., whi

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S environmental ministers are pushing their member states to accept a steep e

JAPAN'S NEW PRIME MINISTER is a consummate politician. He has held every major Japanese cabinet post

I've been quiet about this for quite some time, but this year I've decided to speak out: I hate fall

Even the CIA would now agree the Soviet Union is rapidly dissolving, with no identifiable economic o

CABOTAGE LAWS ABOUND WORLDWIDEI have read with interest the various statements, reports, art

THE SOVIET UNION'S status as an associate member of the World Bank paid its first dividend this week

Congressional Democrats, together with their agents in the Fourth Estate, have launched an all-out a

MARINE INSURERS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH to promote safety on the high seas. As providers of an essentia

Hollywood script writers would have a ball describing current U.S. maritime policy. Should it be cal

The Foreign Trade Zones Board has just done a most extraordinary thing. Last month it publis

BORIS YELTSIN CAN KEEP A PROMISE, if belatedly. Last week, more than two months after the failed har

The U.S. environmental community and the tuna canning industry are deceiving the American public. By

For now, the clash between promoters of free markets and advocates of old- style state control is on

MEXICAN AVOCADOS ARE HEALTH THREATOn Oct. 21, an article containing comments by Herman Von B

Thanks to support from President Fernando Collor, Brazil's environmental movement has grown by leaps

WHAT BEGAN THE YEAR as a progressive plan to modernize the U.S. banking system has become a narrow,

Right-wing and extremist groups are challenging Europe's mainstream political parties, increasing th

Look for some potentially surprising news in the next few weeks from the Federal Maritime Commission

NEGOTIATORS IN GENEVA missed a deadline Friday for producing a draft agreement in the Uruguay Round

AS FREE TRADE AREAS TAKE SHAPE in North America and Europe, Southeast Asians are racing to keep pace

THE AUTO INSURANCE ROADSHOW that riveted New Jersey in September has moved on to California.This mon

On the eve of last year's presidential elections, the Polish media suddenly discovered the threat po

CANADA SHOULD OPEN ITS LUMBER INDUSTRYIn responding to James Bovard's rabid attack on the Bu

The Democrats, sensing opportunity where there was none six months ago, now are taking great delight

AUTHORS OF THE HIGHWAY SPENDING BILL now making its way through Congress are always careful not to c

Restricting federal deposit insurance is at the top of virtually everyone's list for U.S. banking re

"Welcome to Siberia!" proclaimed a newspaper headline that greeted us on our arrival in Krasnoyarsk,

CONGRESS HAS A TALENT for producing protectionist trade legislation. Take the House Energy and Comme

REGIONAL TRADE PACTS AREN'T GOOD ENOUGHSupporting bilateral and regional trade-liberalizatio

RENEWING U.S. DIPLOMATIC and commercial ties with Vietnam is no longer a question of "if" but "when.

Almost half a century after their surrender in 1945, the Japanese only now are beginning - just begi

When Clarence Thomas was confirmed as a member of the Supreme Court, most Americans thought - or at

Five years ago, the United States implemented voluntary import restraints on foreign-made machine to

Finland has scarcely lived a moment of its life in security. Practically from the moment settlers ar