Commentary

BIG SPENDERS, SMALL SAVERS. That's the dubious reputation Americans enjoy. In 1988, according to the

For generations London has ranked as Europe's leading financial center. That it will continue to do

MAINTENANCE FEE IS UNCONSTITUTIONALI fully agree with Arthur L. Litman's article on the foll

Two of three disputes with Japan under Section 301 of the 1988 U.S. Omnibus Trade Act are settled. T

AFTER A DECENT STRETCH of negotiations and the appropriate saber rattling, the United States and Jap

The "study," full of charts, tables and regression analyses, has become an essential part of every W

Members of Congress have an opportunity. This session they can fix a part of the tax code that neve

The crisis in American transportation and all its manifestations are well documented in the national

America's relationship with Third World nations has changed rapidly from one centered around regiona

SEEKING TO CLARIFY DRAWBACK PROPOSALI am writing with respect to recent articles in The Jour

THE WALLS OF FORTRESS EUROPE have been breached. A gaping hole was made by a most unlikely assailant

MEETING FOR THE SAKE of meeting is always a bad idea. But short of a sudden epidemic of diplomatic f

Senate farm leaders are trying to take an idea inspired by Hubert Humphrey in the 1950s - using Amer

CONGRESS IS FOND of passing laws that affect working conditions in the private sector. But there's o

The next leader of Argentina may be a shadowy army colonel who admires German Nazism and who once se

THERE ARE TIMES when silence is the best method of diplomacy. That should be the rule this Sunday, w

UNRAVEL PATCHWORK OF TRUCK REGULATION"The $12 Billion Bargain" (Editorial, March 30) in supp

President Bush's proposal to increase the harbor maintenance fee from 0.04 percent to 0.125 percent

When Captain Yoshiki Gunji was assigned to the 8,242-ton Mutsu, Japan's first and only nuclear-power

The economy is balanced on a knife edge between recession and expansion as the second quarter begins

THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATE of $3.80 an hour won't mean much to most businesses. To attract labor thes

HOW CAN YOU REGULATE what you don't understand? That's the paradox that faces the Interstate Commerc

BANKS AND THRIFT INSTITUTIONS are reeling from the collapse of the junk bond market. But, miraculous

TRANSPORT SECRETARY NEEDS GREEN LIGHTI read your editorial "Empty Policy" (March 15) with mo

On March 18, the 52nd anniversary of the nationalization of Mexican oil, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico

Every morning, foremen at the giant Volvo plant in Gothenburg have to puzzle out how to allocate wo

Senate Democrats and the Bush administration are clashing over legislation to help Eastern Europe's

Liner conferences often are maligned today, but when they were first formed in the early part of thi

MANY INSURERS NOW MAY REGRET having ventured into "high-yield" bonds during the heady days of junk f

As a general rule, efficiency is a wonderful thing. But when it comes to specific examples, well, so

SIMPLE FACTS HAVE A WAY of getting ignored in the tangle of special-interest politics in Washington.

Everybody knows it's easier to start an inflationary process than to beat it. Most people know what

In the changes of the past half year, note the disappearance of two old features: communism as the "

FMC HAS SMALL ROLE IN RATE AGREEMENTSThe editorial "Looks Like a Conference" (March 20) is c

PRESIDENT BUSH IS HANDLING the dangerous events in Lithuania with kid gloves. The same cannot be sai

Last fall, top Soviet economists designed what they labeled the "radical- moder ate" plan for econom

THE INSOLVENT Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. may soon be put out of its misery. Next week, a federal

JAPAN'S MINISTRY of International Trade and Industry is a model for many Americans who'd like to see

FACT IS, SHIPPING ACT ALLOWS AGREEMENTSIf it looks like a fact, talks like a fact, and acts

Most Americans would be outraged by the thought of the United States giving a $355 billion annual su