Commentary

You probably wouldn't be smart in taking me as the final word on this, but I do have a hunch that an

Washington has tried extreme measures to reduce the $50 billion trade deficit with Tokyo, from rejig

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK STOCK Exchange, John J. Phelan Jr., is being a bit on the optimistic si

TRANSPORTATION WAS DEREGULATED with a few far-reaching laws. It is being re- regulated in bits and p

AN INFLUENTIAL JAPANESE Liberal Democratic Party member predicted several weeks ago that failure to

One down, two to go. That's the scorecard at the Department of Transportation, where officials are c

Now that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has adopted a general direction for economic decentraliz

While America's attention has been fixated on what to do about the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union ha

THE DUST HAS SETTLED from the congressional debate over the Medicare budget. Now concerned parties i

NOW THAT GERMANY IS UNITED, all German citizens should be equal. But some are more equal than other

EVERYBODY WANTS A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. On Tuesday, Californians even get to vote on the idea. Unfortun

October 1990 did not produce a stock market crash, but did produce a political crash heard around th

While President Bush looks for fresh initiatives in the Middle East and wonders just how much the Un

This month, the National Academy of Engineering will publish a study titled ''National Interests in

FMC GUIDELINES RAISE QUESTIONSYour article, "FMC Sets Guidelines on 'Me-Too' Pacts" (Oct. 23

IT'S NO WEIGHTY matter of principle that poses the first test for Ontario's newly installed premier,

INCENTIVES CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Airports and airlines have been fighting for years over the

The current multilateral trade negotiations offer an excellent opportunity to address the serious g

Jerome Zeifman ought to be happier. It's not every day that a lawyer wins a suit that will g

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO, who has proclaimed herself a "transition president" throughout

Vietnam, a country newly emerging from nearly two decades of economic isolation and stagnation, is g

The Japanese aren't dumb. This may strike admirers of the Japanese as supremely condescendin

During the 1990s, the dominant theme in U.S. economic policy will be dealing with the consequences o

TWO YEARS IS A LONG TIME for a honeymoon. After two wonderful years, the honeymoon of Carlos Salinas

Economic monetary union may present a major challenge to U.S. financial/ commerci al business if the

When the votes were tallied after the last presidential campaign, all that mattered was that George

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 will have far-reaching effects on the availability of tankers, their s

U.S. BANKS ARE IN TROUBLE once again. And once again, instead of facing up to the causes of those tr

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Margaret Thatcher made quite a public show of belligerence in Rome on Sunday,

In the current negotiations to modify the Anti-Dumping Code of the General Agreement on Tariffs and

U.S.-EUROPEAN COMMUNITY relations have hit bottom due to farm disputes. The EC flatly rejects the U.

QUICK: HOW MANY YEN does a dollar buy? The answer is 128, but if you guessed wrong, you've g

Several key negotiating groups in the Uruguay Round of international trade talks under the General A

In the tightly knit maritime industry, people are more likely to stab one another in the back than t

ISRAEL HAS BEEN a special friend of the United States. Its status as the only democratic state and r

In the wake of successful United Nations sanctions against Iraq, the U.N.'s International Atomic En

A subtle prejudice against those afflicted with alcoholism, depression and other behavior ailments

NO CHANGES NEEDED IN SHIPPING ACTIn your Oct. 9 article, "Carey Believes Tariff Filing Is He

SOME ELECTRIC POWER companies could gain from new regulations on coal-burning electric utilities put

WHEN THE ELDERLY CANNOT AFFORD the premiums and deductibles for Medicare, the federal health plan fo