Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's time to do that little exercise where we look at our home planet from outer space and see what

JAPANESE ELECTRONICS manufacturers feel they are damned if they do and damned if they don't - or rat

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

The Supreme Court last week issued an important ruling that limits the opportunities for workers emp

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

PRICES FOR MANY consumer goods in the Soviet Union doubled and tripled Tuesday, part of an economic

BUILDING CARS THAT are more fuel-efficient usually means making them smaller, but smaller cars don't

Despite much official U.S. rhetoric, American policy by and large has blinked at Chinese human right

GET ALL THE FACTS ON US-MEXICO PACTWesley Smith's article, "Debunking Free Trade's Critics"

Less than six months ago, East Germans were looking forward to a quick ''economic miracle." Today th

The Persian Gulf war is over and U.S.-Japan relations have returned to normal - that is, if you con

Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic's designs on the rest of Yugoslavia may not be so apparent to the

IT WAS NO SURPRISE that Japan took most of the heat last week when the Bush administration released

The United States earned dubious distinction as the world's largest debtor during the Reagan adminis

JUST AS MIKHAIL GORBACHEV struggles to keep the Soviet Union together, the Kremlin is facing a 58 bi

The role of the Japanese in the world order has been analyzed from the economic, political, strategi

CANADA IS THE United States' largest trading partner, but business ties between the two often are le

FORTY-TWO YEARS ago this Wednesday, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to counter the

Proponents of restrictive energy policies have learned little from their involvement in creating the

Talk to Western businessmen and diplomats in the Soviet Union and they will tell you the same story:

RECYCLING USED CONSUMER goods - aluminum cans, glass jars and newspapers - always has been an appeal

Proponents of airport, highway and seaport expansion who are frustrated by the Bush administration's

AMERICANS OVER THE age of 40 are protected by U.S. law from age discrimination while employed by U.S

Although officially back on track, the Uruguay Round of world trade talks is really on hold as the w

Seeking refuge from the economic cares of the moment, I picked up a yellowing tome of American histo

I can make lists or leave them alone. I mean the checklists of "things to do" that you may c

High labor costs at the Port of New York have transferred the once booming shipping industry to othe

ORGANIZED CRIME HAS been a fixture on the New York waterfront for decades. But the mob's influence,

NEW NVO BOND LAW FAVORS BIG OPERATORSI thoroughly enjoyed Rob Quartel's article, "Of Inhuman

HARDLY A DAY PASSES without news of more trouble in the U.S. airline industry. Midway Airlines, the

MANY CORPORATIONS ARE CUTTING BACK on benefits, increasing employee contributions to health insuranc

MOST AMERICANS DON'T like to see the U.S. auto industry suffering. Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca lik

Polish President Lech Walesa, on a visit here last week, was a charmer. "If we (Poland) had

The performance of laser-guided smart bombs, stealth aircraft, cruise missiles, patriot interceptors