Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

MEDDLESOME BUREAUCRATS are proposing a dangerous change in U.S. aviation policy. Lawyers at the Depa

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

The long tradition of the Swiss as "the reluctant Europeans" is changing, and mostly due to events b

PRE-EMPT STATE TRUCKING REGULATIONI want to commend The Journal of Commerce for articulating

WORKERS AT THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN Railroad accepted management's proposal last week for smaller cre

As the scandal around the Bank of Credit and Commerce International widens, it is temptingto believe

WE COULDN'T RESIST THIS ONE. It seems that a British company called Bodywise has discovered that a p

Every few years, American medical researchers take a look at the destructive malaria epidemic that a

The United States and over 20 other nations resume talks this week in Paris on proposals fora new pa

EUROPE HAS RAISED THE ANTE in a new global game: Who has the largest trading bloc? It is a contest t

Poland's parliamentary elections on Sunday come at a time when paranoia over privatization seems to

It has long been an article of faith in the world of international trade that anything that restrict

One reason the economy is in so much trouble is that too many people here have a stake in past mista

POLAND'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS this weekend are shaping up as a referendum on the economic reforms

PUNITIVE DAMAGES can be an effective tool for punishing corporate wrongdoers. They can also be an af

FDA NEEDS MORE PEOPLE TO DO ITS JOBWe have been following with some amusement your articles

Texas Instruments, the Dallas-based semiconductor and electronics company, won a preliminary victory

EVEN AS YUGOSLAVIA and the Soviet Union disintegrate, other long-parted nations are coming closer to