Commentary

'COST OF PROTECTION' FROM QUOTAS INFLATEDIn "Real Victims of Textile Quotas," (Opinion, June

The talk of the town, indeed, of much of the world these days is the Harvard- Yavlinsky "Grand Barga

What's the secret of survival of a health system that for years has been diagnosed and denounced as

Debating the need for a U.S. industrial policy is one of Washington's favorite exercises. Despite th

INSIDERS ARE SAYING that John Macomber, the Export-Import Bank chairman, is likely to be the next Se

A FUNNY THING happened in Luxembourg last week: Finance ministers from the 12 European Community mem

INSURERS ARE ALWAYS COMING UP WITH ingenious services for covering business risks. One Florida compa

MOST TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES must deal with federal regulators, but few get to choose who those reg

As the U.S. economy continues to wallow in recession, politicians are searching for ways to provide

CSX REALIZED NEED FOR 'SEAMLESS SERVICE'I read with great interest Robert Waters' article, "

In the old days, things were different. How many times have you heard your parents or an older colle

THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE this week approved a bill laden with conditions on most-favored-n

Perhaps the approach of the summer solstice accounts for what has gone on here this past week. Primi

Most U.S. business leaders have chosen to sit and watch the Gorbachev-Yeltsin drama rather than beco

RICHARD NIXON APPRECIATED the Teamsters Union. When the former president needed eight "thugs" during

WE HEAR SO MUCH about non-tariff trade barriers in other countries that it's always surprising and d

DON'T ABOLISH PORT CRIMEFIGHTERSThis is in response to your recent editorial calling for the

ENVIRONMENTALISTS OFTEN CLASH with government, but now the two sides can't even agree on when a disa

As the United States struggles out of its recessionary hole, Japan and West Germany are still roarin

Slumped over the counter at a sleazy Osaka bar aptly dubbed Rocinante - after Don Quixote's sad hors

A CALIFORNIA FEDERAL APPEALS COURT ruled wisely last week that U.S. insurers are not exempt from ant

World trade in textiles is governed by an intricate system of international restrictions. Although t

Democrats in Congress never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. They squandered one last mon

MARITIME SUBSIDIES DON'T WORK. When the Bush administration delivered that simple message to Congres

RISK OF CARGO LOSSES WAS OVERSTATEDYour article "Use of Defective Sea Containers Has Cargo I

After eleven hours of emotional debate, after months of wrenching discussions, the German Parliament

IT'S BEING CALLED "MORE THAN a breakthrough." At least that's what one guerrilla leader is calling t

Japanese think they live in a distinctive, self-contained society that below the veneer of Westerniz

LOST AMID THE FUROR over last week's Senate debate on highway spending was a small success for natio

A NASTY, SIX-YEAR DISPUTE over shipments of Canadian pork to the United States finally came to a clo

Banking lobbyists are complaining to Congress that insurance companies and agents want it both ways

Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of converting military industry to civilian use, first announced in Decem

School is out. Children large and small are bringing report cards home, touting good grades as examp

Now that the Israeli government has requested $13 billion of aid for the losses to the economy cause

The removal by Congress of many burdensome regulations from the trucking, railroad and maritime indu

TRY AS THEY MIGHT, government and industry rarely work well together. When the House cut a $24 milli

MALPRACTICE FEES ARE ON THE DECLINEYour editorial, "Medicine for Malpractice," (May 20) cont

The European Community's plans for economic and monetary union are losing steam. The slowdown is sur

JUST AFTER SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev has put out one domestic fire the coal miners strike

In 1980, U.S. typewriter makers were drowning in a sea of import competition,mainly from Jap