Commentary

IT LOOKS LIKE THE OPENING SCENE of a disaster movie. A huge triple-trailer truck is closing fast on

President Bush recently revealed his intent to push for most-favored-nation status for China. A deci

The engine that drives the Japanese economy is the harried housewife whose unpaid toil underwrites e

ANYONE WHO STILL DOESN'T SEE the positive link between preferential trade treatment for China and po

POSTAL MONOPOLIES are under attack. Europe's antitrust cops are the latest toserve notice th

The European Community is beginning to resemble a juggler who is forced to keep an ever increasing n

This dedication of the National Center for Food Safety and Technology comes at a crucial time in the

ONE OF THE MORE TROUBLING TRENDS in recent U.S. international economic policy is a return to the pra

LOBBIES ARE LINING UP for what could be a bitter battle over President Bush's proposal to renew the

To grow or not to grow? That's the question many communities struggle with as they consider future e

ONE OF THE MAXIMS OF MILITARY STRATEGY is never to plan a war based upon the requirements of your la

Rate-setting conferences in the maritime industry have faced stiff criticism lately, but rumors of t

The recent launch of the Polish Stock Exchange - Eastern Europe's third after previous stock market

The growing gap between rich and poor, and even between the rich and the middle class, is now an est

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS IN ASIA, skittish about interfering in bilateral relations between the United S

Late last week, after Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev apparently had asked for $100 billion in We

THE COLD WAR ISN'T OVER. Try selling a fiber-optic phone system to the Soviet Union and the U.S. go

The Big Three auto manufacturers Chrysler, Ford and General Motors must wonder whether they're ste

REP. GIBBONS' BILL CAN'T SAVE SHIPYARDSYour editorial "Shipbuilding Subsidies" (May 13) is o

WHEN A DANISH SHIPPING LINE cut its rates last week to attract new business, competitors cried foul.

Earlier this month, the Bush administration told Congress the nation's bridges are in shambles. Engi

Every day crowds of Japanese walk the streets of tree-lined Omotosando avenue in Tokyo's Harajuku di

This is a tough time to be a central banker. The marriage between money and politics is always storm

THE FUTURE OF HIGH-TECH RAIL in America is off to a bad start. Two European groups are battling each

Beware of the elation following last week's vote by the Soviet parliament granting its citizens the

Congress has a chance to recast America's outmoded trade policies toward the People's Republic of Ch

INITIAL HOPES that the Persian Gulf war would stimulate a serious review of U.S. maritime policy are

US SHOULD STOP CRITICIZING THE EBRDCurtis Hoxter's editorial article "Mr. Attali's Grand Vis

AFTER SOME CONFUSION, U.S. and Japanese officials are nearing an agreement on trade in semiconductor

DON'T BUILD NEW 'TOWER OF BABEL'The May 14 opinion article recommending re-regulation of the

It is spring, and tax bills are sprouting new buds of hope for the middle class. You know the middle

Brazil's investors, creditors and trade partners will be watching closely during the next few months

CONGRESS SEEMS EVEN MORE ANGRY this year than last as the second anniversary of Beijing's senseless

Unlike other industries only now beginning to feel the pinch of wetlands protection, coal companies

At the U.S. Capitol this morning, a congressional official will walk to an 1840s telegraph key and r

INDIA'S INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS have defied solution since the country won its independence from Britai

The decision of a congressional subcommittee to deny construction money for the space station is a b

TRUCKERS ARE ASKING CONGRESS for the right to drive triple-trailer rigs over major highways nationw

WE'VE SEEN PLANS for Soviet economic reform come and go. The most promising proposal, the "500-Day

Official Washington suddenly has awakened to the fact that the Treasury deficit this year will be f