Commentary

IT SEEMS FRANCE has its own version of Richard Gephardt. Like the Democratic representative from Mis

AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS of negotiations, an international agreement to end government shipbuilding

The American maritime industry is facing another wave of threats to the Jones Act and its restrictio

All the discussion and debate over the upcoming North American Free-Trade Agreement and its various

The following is an excerpt from an address by Robert L. Crandall, chairman and presidentof American

EUROPE'S PROTECTIONIST FARM POLICIES, which have knotted world trade talks, extend well beyond its b

THE SENATE VOTE ON WEDNESDAY WAS CLOSE, but President Bush's veto of a bill extending jobless benefi

The recent revelations about the Central Intelligence Agency prove only that the agency, itschampion

SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES is playing hardball in San Francisco. The rail company is threatening to susp

IT'S A WONDER FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. can find time to deliver packages. The air express company spend

IMPORTER CRITICIZES SHORTCOMINGS AT FDAYour recent front page article "Forwarders Decry Insp

As U.S. and Mexican negotiators prepare to meet in Zacatecas on Oct. 26 to work out a free-trade agr

What Robert Ngu carries in his pocket is the reality of Northern California's Silicon Valley and a g

Later this fall, the Canadian Banknote Company in Ottawa will start to fulfill an unusual order. It

International traders will tell you that free trade agreements are only a ''second-best" method to b

Foreign trade is the wild card in the U.S. economic outlook. Even if auto sales and housing starts s

TIGHT BUDGETS and growing environmental concerns have led most states to impose tough new measures o

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OFFICIALS sometimes have trouble keeping their eye on the ball. Disagreem

If coffee-producing nations get their way, a cup of takeout coffee may soon cost more than a gallon

JAPAN'S POLITICAL PROCESS, often mysterious to Americans, has produced a strong candidate for prime

Another chapter was written last week in the sorry saga of the Channel Tunnel, and once again Britai

THE JONES ACT: IT HASN'T WORKEDI read with interest your articles on the Jones Act: "Trade A

PRESSURE ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION to yield on extending unemployment benefits won't abate. Mr. Bus

The saga of the Superconducting Super Collider goes on, providing yet another case of how ravenous f

ENVIRONMENTAL CASE FOR JONES ACT SHALLOWIn reading Joe Farrell's op-ed defense of the cabota

Brazil's devaluation of the cruzeiro on Sept. 30 represents a change of priorities for the governmen

CHINA'S UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES can no longer be ignored. Trademarks and patents are pirated at wil

TO HEAR THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY TELL IT, your local telephone company has something in common with No

When President Jimmy Carter signed the 1980 Motor Carrier Act, he abruptly reversed the direction of

When the ferry Herald of Free Enterprise embarked on its disastrous voyage in 1987 that left 188 dea

GATT PANEL ERRED ON US TUNA BANDavid Palmeter's rosy defense of the recent GATT panel decisi

Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher announced last Friday that the United States would begin imposin

There are only 77 shopping days until Christmas and 393 campaign days until the next national electi

FOR YEARS, U.S. COURTS have taken an inconsistent stand on price fixing, vigorously enforcing antitr

Like it or not, regional trading blocs are a thing of the future. Consider our proposed Nort

HOW IMPORTANT IS RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE in the United States? That, in effect, is one of the que

The European Community is tantalizingly close to a breakthrough in its bid to create a single curren

Geez, Joe, gimme a break. Your tongue must be half way through your cheek by now. I can't believe yo

ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. caused quite a stir when it announced plans last month to stop writing car in

BREAKING INTO THE JAPANESE MARKET isn't easy, but it can be done. Toys "R" Us, the giant U.S. retail