Commentary

Ask the U.S. Trade Representative how to press our advantage in services exports and the answer will

The Bush administration wants over $400 million for a new U.S. embassy in Moscow - more than it is p

THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN, not usually known for its sensitivity to student political concerns, appea

SHOCK THERAPY IS THE LATEST experiment in treating economic ills. Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Uni

Large-scale intervention and speculation in foreign currencies by the Federal Reserve has clouded th

JUSTICE WAS SERVED by Joseph Hazelwood's acquittal Thursday on felony charges stemming from the wrec

RAIL COMPETITION MUST BE PRESERVEDWe are disturbed by Conrail Senior Vice President Charles

CLEAN AIR LEGISLATION was supposed to be this year's top priority on Capitol Hill. But special inter

The recent rise in labor costs in Taiwan plus changes in the value of thedollar have given U

The West German Greens. Remember them? They're the ones who originally emphasized cleaning up the en

U.S. participation in the bank proposed to aid the reconstruction and development of Eastern Europe

WHAT A DEAL! The new U.S.-Soviet long-term grain agreement, signed Thursday in Vienna, provides for

FACTS MAY CHANGE, BUT ISSUES LINGER. How else to explain yet another spring offensive in the endless

Gun import bans are not necessarily illegal, but those imposed since 1969 are illegal, including the

It's hard to argue in favor of unfairness. Business lobbyists understand that, which is why the law

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: IT'S NOT A CONFERENCEI read with interest your March 20 editorial, "Look

When it comes to policy-making, almost anyone can hold a candle to the U.S. Congress. That's why Sec

The winds of democratic change have become hurricanes in Eastern Europe and are extending themselves

THE END SEEMS NEAR for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The agency's demise deserves no tea

WHAT DOES HIRING A FRENCH executive have to do with teaching new skills to laid-off workers in Detro

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MEXICOI have read with the greatest concern the March 14 arti

The first name of Jeffrey Sterling, chairman of the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (the

THE RESTRUCTURING OF Venezuela's $20 billion debt to foreign commercial banks is being heralded as a

Farmers wonder if Japan's largest agricultural group is friend or foe. With U.S. trade negotiators d

Since its creation, the death of the European Free Trade Association has been announced with regular

Looking at the advance of freedom and democracy in Eastern Europe, most Americans feel a sense of sa

It has been painfully clear for quite some time that the fate of the ongoing U.S.-Japan Structural I

PRESIDENTS AND FOREIGN MINISTERS from around the world stood in line in Windhoek Tuesday night to ce

IT'S GOING TO BE HARD, but let's get it over with. That was the clear message of Sunday's elections

Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski, the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, last week pr

IF IT LOOKS LIKE A CONFERENCE, talks like a conference and acts like a conference, shouldn't it be t

In October 1987, the stock market crashed. The Dow Jones Industrial average declined over 508 point

The time has come for the European Community to translate its good will toward the infant democracie

Democrats warn that Washington must save high-tech industries from shortsighted, penny-pinching poli

That kinder, gentler spirit that's wafting across Washington may be infectious. Even some of the ha

Speculation is growing that Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher may resign this summer. The

PRIVATELY OWNED AIRPORTS? TOLL ROADS built and managed by private entrepreneurs? These are among th

The first free elections in East Germany are over, and the new government faces an economy in a down

PROFIT ESTIMATES WEREN'T SUPPRESSEDIn his March 7 column, "Doctoring the News on Profits" (O

The 1990s loom large as the decade of aggressive strategic technology management. The new alliance