Commentary

Nicholas Ridley, the British secretary of state for industry, had this to say about entrusting sover

Bank reserves are raw material for the money supply, the fuel that powers the U.S. economy. Over th

IT IS OUR NATIONAL SHAME that so many working Americans are not covered by a health insurance plan.

It seemed inevitable that Poland would be the first country in post-communist East-Central Europe to

"It's not over till the fat lady sings" - a phrase apparently coined a dozen years ago by an opera b

JAN. 15 HAS TAKEN ON ominous overtones since the United Nations set this day as the deadline for Ira

LOW BIDDER ISN'T BEST FOR RESERVE FLEETSince the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August, there h

Dirk Enders and Jana Hartinger are part of a group of people that most in Germany and the rest of th

This is truly a winter of crisis for the Soviet Union. The United States has just announced the firs

FORMER SEN. HIRAM JOHNSON once called truth "the first casualty when war comes." Before the first sh

In these agonizing days of economic self-analysis, the word "leverage" brings back bad memories.

In a looming battle of the heavyweights, some of the nation's best-known freight shippers are prepar

TO STAY COMPETITIVE, American manufacturers have adjusted their marketing tactics to take into acco

THE TIME IS LONG PAST for the United States to grant full trading rights to the Soviet Union. Presid

An ominous cloud hovers over world affairs since trade negotiations in Brussels two weeks ago faile

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT approved a 1991 budget for the European Community this week that calls for s

HAITI'S PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT on Sunday will mark the end of that nation's tortuous march toward freel

Now that the budget debate is over, it is clear that Congress and the administration believe America

Twenty-five years ago Walter Lippmann wrote that Latin Americans were unable to achieve sound econom

One of the consequences of a possible collapse of world trade talks is an escalating war over patent

I'm getting a little tired of Saddam Hussein's poaching on what is, at least partly, my turf.

WASHINGTON IS CAUTIOUSLY moving toward lifting its 15-year-old trade embargo against Vietnam. But Ha

Piracy of copyrights, patents and other intellectual property costs the U.S. economy tens of billion

A COMPANY AND ITS WORKERS are in the best position to determine fair wages and working conditions. C

A flood of South Korean automobile parts and pharmaceuticals falsely labeled by Japanese companies

CRITICS OF BIG BUSINESS consider "corporate philanthropy" a contradiction in terms. Businesses, they

The world trade ministers' meeting in Brussels collapsed last week because the European Community re

Eishiro Saito is the chairman of Japan's largest business organization, but during the last four and

According to the Labor Department, the United States lost 1.1 million jobs over the past five months

ARMAND HAMMER LIVED to see the Cold War end, which is fortunate since no one in the last 40 years se

The international maritime community is praying for a long, hard winter in the United States.

During the past two years the Bush administration has put itself into a straitjacket with regard to

POLITICIANS WHO RECEIVE 75 percent of the popular vote are quick to claim a mandate from the people.

US NEEDS TO DEBATE MEXICAN TRADE PACTBen Tonra is right to suggest that more attention shoul

PRESIDENT BUSH'S GOODWILL tour of Latin America drew needed attention to a region that has endured a

WHETHER OR NOT WAR BREAKS OUT, the United States will be in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for months, even

The genetic-engineering wizardry that tricks cows into producing more milk is under attack as potent

TRADE NEGOTIATORS WHO are not serious about negotiating are doomed to failure. That's the best way t

The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in early August, and the doubling of oil prices, has returned attenti

The International Monetary Fund is close to completing its study of the Soviet economy - a basic ste