Commentary

The premise of airline deregulation was that competition could be relied on to maintain adequate ser

How quickly things change. A mere five years ago, the United States was preoccupied with the grandeu

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP. dominates railroad transportation in the Northeast, a sometimes uncomfortabl

AFTER MONTHS OF HEATED debate, two congressional committees paved the way Tuesday for thestart of fr

INTERMODAL FLEXIBILITY FOR TRANSPORTATIONYour editorial, "One Step Backward" (May 6) correct

The idea that the current recession would go away quickly has left sooner than the recession itself.

Polish President Lech Walesa frequently voices frustration that the West is slow in welcoming Poland

With gunfire stilled in the Persian Gulf, a tiny fleet of four Japanese wooden-hulled minesweepers a

MAYBE IT'S JUST BLUSTER, but Japanese business leaders say they won't bend to U.S. demands for trade

THE IDEA OF ACCEPTING TURKEY into the European Community has been dismissed as premature and unreali

The "doctor glut," one of those perennial non-problems of American society, is in the news again, wi

As the nation's economic recovery takes shape this summer, significant changes in the landscape are

COMPETITION IS INCREASING in almost every industry, even in those traditionally viewed as monopolies

THAI TEXTILES STORY MISSES THE POINTYour report "Thailand Uses a Loophole to Boost Its Texti

Last Friday marked the 10th year anniversary of French President Francois Mitterrand's rise to power

In its haste to inject more pricing competition into the trucking industry, the Interstate Commerce

The Gulf War created a new lexicon for describing the geopolitical fallout in the Middle East. Comme

REP. SAM GIBBONS IS FED UP with foreign governments that subsidize their commercial shipbuilders, an

Forgotten in the uproar over the the proposed U.S.-Canada-Mexico talks for a North American free tra

U.S. CONSUMERS COULD SAVE an estimated $20 billion this year, if the House follows the Senate's lead

Business groups hope Congress will take some additional steps this year to help U.S. industry compet

Logging wars are raging from the Philippines to Minnesota, from British Columbia to Brazil. The fore

A FOREIGNER TRYING TO UNDERSTAND the attitudes of the Bush administration and the U.S. Congress towa

The growing debate over the proposed U.S.-Mexico free trade accord is only the beginning. The real

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE is not the first company to transfer its corporate headquarters from the pricy

Washington lawyers are gearing up for a decade of full employment. The issue is custom-made for them

NOTHING PRESIDENT BUSH CAN SAY will completely satisfy critics of his proposed free trade agreement

An effort to leash the independence of the Federal Reserve Board is gaining ground in Congress. But

After spending parts of several days looking at statistics on testing railroad workers for alcohol a

SOME PEOPLE'S OPINIONS MATTER more than others. If a few consumers believe the economy won't pick up

FACTS SKEWED IN NEW SHIPS DEBATEWe can always count on The Journal of Commerce to find gloom

The 1990-91 recession should be over by Labor Day. That is the good news. The bad news is that the

The European Community has moved closer to a monetary union since the establishment in 1979 of the E

GOVERNMENT HAS A LEGITIMATE INTEREST in funding high-technology research, which can position U.S. co

Maw and Paw were up here last week from Mugsville to attend the spring meeting of their two favorite

Would Sen. Prescott Bush have supported his son George Bush's much-debated tariff decisions - free t

In the minds of many Westerners, there is little difference between the countries of Eastern Europe.

DURING THE PAST 18 MONTHS, the United States, Japan and the European Community have rarely missed a

ILWU TRIED TO REPLACE STEELWORKERSYour editorial "Abusive Practice" (April 18) provided a so

MEXICANS HAVE HIGH HOPES for a U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement. According to the government newspap