Commentary

On occasion, veteran observers of the Japanese scene sometimes think the past few decades were just

In the last few weeks, the papers have been full of lurid tales of political intrigue in the Federal

PRIVATE WESTERN INVESTMENT is one of the keys to building and sustaining the nascent market economi

WHEN JOHN C. CROSBIE, Canada's minister for international trade, met with editors of The Journal of

Stanford University's withdrawal of its galling charges to the government for floral bouquets and a

WHEN SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev makes his first official visit to Tokyo today, he will be me

WORLD OIL MARKETS ARE NOT RELIABLEThe assertions made by Henry R. Linden in his April 2 opin

Twice in four months, the United States forgave billions of dollars of a foreign government's debt.

Just six months after political unification, the struggle to define a German national identity can b

Sen. Donald Riegle, D-Mich., will lead a Senate effort to thwart U.S.-Mexican free trade negotiation

America's victory in the Gulf War will make it harder than every for Tokyo to say no to Washington o

BIG CARS CAN BE FUEL-EFFICIENT, TOOYou correctly argue that decisive action is necessary to

AS TRUCKS HAVE INCREASED in size and number, so has the government's interest in making them safer.

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION was busy last week. On the same day the ICC improved its truck s

DISCOUNT STORES SERVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE in our society, providing consumers who don't want or need

In a visit to the stores over the weekend, I found almost everything was on sale. A good deal could

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SAMUEL K. SKINNER made the right decision this week when he agreed to dela

Congress has a little-noticed but highly demanding task before it this session: updating century-ol

Rep. Donald Pease, D-Ohio, is expectedto introduce legislation this week to modernize the U.S. Custo

Despite hopes to the contrary, de-bilitating overcapacity in the world's container shipping trades a

MEXICO'S PRESIDENT, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, has been on the road to drum up support for a North A

MOST OF THE NATION'S RAILROADS could be shut down by a strike next Wednesday, but no one is likely t

With the Feb. 5 release of the Treasury Department's proposal, banking reform will be a high priorit

SHIP PACT UNDERMINES COMPETITIVENESSOn March 27 you ran two portentious front page stories -

JAPAN IS NOT AMERICA'S economic enemy. Nearly a dozen trade agreements signed by the two countries i

CHINA FELL FROM GRACE with the world after the Tiananmen incident in the spring of 1989. But Chinese

During its 70-year history, the People's Republic of Mongolia has been dominated by its neighbor to

Carlos Moore, executive vice president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, is the autho

The U.S. economy fell at a rate of over 4 percent during the first quarter, more than double its dec

A hidden policy bomb was plant-ed in Congress on March 1, and lawmakers apparently have no idea of i

NO FAST-TRACK, NO FREE TRADEI disagree with conclusions of "U.S., Mexico Face Social Losses"

It doesn't sound terribly dangerous. In fact, it sounds downright dull. But it has touched off riots

IF IT'S BROKEN, FIX IT. If it can't be fixed, replace it with something new. Shipping lines particip

THE STAGE MAY BE SET SOON for a new International Trade Commission chairman. Don Newquist, a

EUROPEAN ELECTRONICS companies are not alone in turning to government to help solve their competitiv

Many Americans praise Japan's educational system but few realize that the excellence ends with high

Selling trade liberalization on Capitol Hill has never been easy. Now the administration finds itsel

THANKS TO SOUND policy decisions and a good public relations campaign, the European Community has co

In the "best of all possible worlds," a free trade agreement with Mexico would be easy to negotiate

THE UNMISTAKABLE STAMP of government showed itself again this week when the Coast Guard issued volun