Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With news that the Federal Reserve Board lowered the discount rate by a half percentage point to cou

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. soon may help bail out Chrysler Corp. to the tune of $300 million. When a ma

The Bush administration's attempt to draft a new export controls bill is bogged down in differences

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICIES are best made with national needs in mind. That simple concept take

War is good for business, right? Wrong, at least in the case of the gulf conflict. Over almost as so

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is under increasing pressure from U.S. business to end its trade embargo aga

THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY should be pleased with the gist of Labor Secretary Lynn Martin's proposal thi

Five of us were in line at London's Gatwick Airport, waiting for our Northwest Airlines' flight to B

Yugoslavia's republics are probably living through the last months of a marriage arranged under the

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN long has been a thorn in the side of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbac

The U.S.-Japanese trade negotiating process represents a rusting treadmill, still unable to correct

ILL-CONCEIVED HARBOR FEE THWARTS TRADEYour article "U.S. Exporters Decry Harbor Fee Inequity

U.S. THREATS OF TRADE RETALIATION against Japan made front page news last week, but another trade ac

It is only an unofficial estimate in a footnote but it's one example of the surprising bite in what

Many Japanese heartily welcomed Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's four-day visit to Tokyo last mo

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD FINALLY took a move long-awaited by the Bush administration. On Tuesday i

NOBODY LIKES TAXES, especially when they're assessed in an arbitrary, slap- dash fashion. Witness th

Almost a year and a half after U.S. forces landed in Panama to oust Gen. Manuel Noriega and his thug

Times are tough on Main Street. The $47 billion drop in domestic demand last winter made plain that

THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS in China is about to go higher for some businesses. Starting today, Beiji

RETALIATION IS A BAD WAY for a country to do business with its trading partners. Too often, it simp

The old problem is back, and it's getting worse. The European Community's troubled trade rel

The opinion article written by James M. Roberts ("Tilting Toward Smart Business," April 25), former

America is headed for electricity shortages within the next decade unless significant new power pla