Commentary

If you believe the World Bank, China is poorer than Kenya, Zambia, Sudan and Haiti. But if you have

OK, from this day forward, do you ever really believe, ever really accept at face value a review of

STEEL USERS PROTEST UNEVEN TREATMENTCampaigning for an extension of the present import restr

It's way too early to judge the new administration and the new Congress, but they've begun to demons

US SHOULD LISTEN TO MARITIME PANELYour predictable "Gathering Dust" response (Feb. 23) to th

In the early years of airline deregulation, it seemed that vigorous competition would provide the pu

FOREIGN TAKEOVERS are preoccupying Congress again. Within the next few days, the House of Representa

President Bush is in danger of losing control of the Washington agenda at the very outset of his adm

In his Feb. 9 address to Congress, President Bush reminded us that policies to encourage economic gr

THE STRIKE AT EASTERN AIRLINES, now in its fifth day, has taken on an importance out of all proporti

THE PROTRACTED STRUGGLE over John Tower's nomination to be secretary of defense drags on seemingly w

From the earliest days of Japan's postwar period, except for a very brief period, the country's cons

A 75-day truce has been declared in the hormone war. This was the result of meetings in Washington F

WITH STARTLING SPEED, the world's governments are moving to end production of two families of chemic

The European Community is scoring some direct hits in its war of attrition against Japanese exporter

INSURANCE REFORM STARTS AT CONSUMERThe article "Survey Finds Consumer Support For Host of In

THE STEEL INDUSTRY'S ENDLESS CAMPAIGN for import protection is returning to the legal arena, with st

IN WARSAW, the government is on the verge of recognizing an independent labor union. In Budapest, op

Intellectually, I know that re-regulation won't do much to make flying more pleasant. But every time

TALKS HERE THIS WEEK may pave the way toward resolving the three-year impasse on reviving the Inter-

The U.S. embassy in Moscow, on which construction was suspended after the discovery of Soviet-instal

TRY AS HE MAY TO IGNORE IT, the budget deficit just won't leave George Bush alone. Mr. Bush

GEN. MANUEL NORIEGA, WHO CALLS the shots in the Republic of Panama, has proven to be a clever and re

The 12-member nations of the European Community have adopted a plan of economic unification. Their g

In his hectic two-day trip to China, President Bush seems to have accomplished just what he aimed to

THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD never rushes into anything. Its latest proposal requiring c

President Bush wants to make America a "kinder and gentler nation." Are there any such nations? The

DAYS OF PAROCHIALISM PAST FOR FORWARDERSI read with a great deal of interest your report "Fo

Now that Lt. Gen. Boris V. Gromov, commander of the Soviet forces in Afghanistan, has walked across

It was almost another Texas mini-series, but this time Defense Secretary- design ate John Tower - or

''THE ARMY MOVED TO WIPE OUT SNIPERS in the hills of Caracas today after the government suspended ci

THE NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD has blundered once more into the airline industry's longest-running lab

Need nothing be done to help U.S. banks deal with the Third World debt problem? So claim off

To a casual observer, last week was a watershed for Wall Street. Investors finally had to face reali

THE UNITED STATES HAS AN UNCANNY KNACK for picking the wrong trade problems to turn into matters of

Is the "tort crisis" real or fake? Is it mostly driven by a genuine rise in lawsuits and pay-outs, o

The pre-World War II legacy of a Japanese-dominated East Asian co-prosperity sphere is re-emerging i

From the public laments of scientists and their friends, it's easy to get the impression that the Un

It takes seeing the Channel Tunnel in the building to appreciate the massive scale of the project.

MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR FINES may have gotten attention, but they didn't tell airlines and ocean carrier