Commentary

CUBAN-AMERICANS MALIGNED UNFAIRLYYou ran an article by William Steif entitled "Antidote to C

NATIVE ALASKANS SEEKING DAMAGES from Exxon Corp. for the 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound are

IT'S NO SECRET THAT JOHNNY CAN'T READ. It shouldn't be a surprise, then, that adult Johnny can't fol

Wall Street's favorite indoor sport these days is bad-mouthing the American economy. The recession w

MOST NATIONS HAVE LAWS to protect their companies from foreigners who sell goods at unfairlylow pric

Food aid is at the top of the U.S. list of alternatives for helping the Soviet economy or those of i

As Tom Harkin, the Iowa senator with presidential ambitions, worked the crowd at the far end of the

GIVING WORKERS TIME OFF from their jobs to attend to a newborn or a family medical problem is good p

Less than two months into his tenure as president of Europe's most powerful central bank, Helmut Sch

Environmentalists are fuming. A dispute settlement panel of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tra

GIANT FOREIGN CORPORATIONS typically attack the U.S. market by acquiring or absorbing American compa

SHIPPING CONTRACTS SHOULD BE SECRETI read with interest your Sept. 18 article on The Allianc

Before departing Mexico City for Moscow earlier this month, Secretary of State James A. Baker raised

An expected cascade of unfair trading complaints by American steel producers against foreign supplie

WHAT'S LEFT OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S big plans for modernizing the banking system? Increasingly little, t

Vice President Quayle has gone and said the awful truth: The increasing quantity and decreasing qual

LAWMAKERS AND FINANCIAL GURUS have spent plenty of time analyzing theleveraged buy-out binge

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES are on the brink of another trade war. This time it's over Cana

As the Soviet empire breaks apart, forecasting the chances for capitalism is becoming a topic for re

When you go into almost any store these days, you are likely to find a good sale. Store owners are s

Normal, albeit sometimes dirty, every-day politics is coming to South Africa. The political culture

Gavril Popov has a vision. Mr. Popov, Moscow's flamboyant and powerful mayor, now has his si

TUNA TRADE EDITORIAL OVERSTATES THREATWe read with great interest your editorial "Tuna Trade

WITH ALL THE DISTURBING REPORTS about Chinese human rights abuses and arms sales, it's encouraging t

High-speed rail service has been promoted as a solution to overcrowding in the skies and at airports

NO ONE SEEMS ENTIRELY HAPPY with the federal government's new rules for ridding the skies of noisy j

Edward Jaycox, the World Bank's estimable vice president for Africa, offers a staggering thought.

With the Cold War over and the defense budget on a downward spiral, major American defense manufactu

TRADE BARRIERS CUT BOTH WAYS. Earlier this year, Carla Hills, the U.S. trade representative, issued

SADDAM HUSSEIN already has proven himself incapable of dealing in good faith with the rest of the in

The war drums are beating on the banks of the Potomac. Miles away, you hear the rhythmic chant: Prin

HERE'S A RIDDLE: When is an insurance product not an insurance product? Answer: When it's a guarante

NO ONE SAID IT WOULD BE EASY to convert Europe's former communist states to market economies. Two re

Sweden's political swing to the right may not herald changes as dramatic as those now sweeping Centr

A plaque in New York City reads, "Out of their martyrdom came new concepts of social responsibility

KOREAN ANTI-IMPORT SCHEME WON'T WORKYour editorial of Sept. 10 ("Deja Vu in South Korea") ob

With most of the Marxist world in ruins, it's time for the United States to end its trade and diplom

THE WHITE HOUSE apparently isn't in a compromising mood on national energy strategy. In a ta

The Soviet economy has so routinely been described in the West as ''collapsing," "disintegrating," o

MOST FEDERAL FUNDS for building and repairing the nation's highways will stop flowing to the states