Commentary

WESTERN EFFORTS to keep nuclear technology from outlaw nations have been something less than a succe

THE UNITED STATES is not the only country angling to increase trade ties with Latin America. A new r

Japanese voters can hardly be blamed for the fall of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, the baby-faced Li

Countertrade, once viewed as a necessary evil in international trade, now is an increasingly valuabl

Twice in as many months, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has surrendered to overwhelming pol

GERMANY SUPPORTS the European Community's single market program, but not, apparently, at the expense

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

Will they or won't they? With the Maastricht summit on European Community economic and polit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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