Commentary

This week Japan's jittery capital is zipped up tight. Streets are awash in 32,000 police. Heavily ma

LAST MONTH, for the first time in nine years, the United States imported more oil than it produced.

People looking for a quick fix to lower auto insurance prices are happy that California's Propositio

Who needs to erect trade barriers when a few unguarded remarks can be just as effective? The

Ecologists are in an uproar over Brazil's continued plans to exploit the rain forests of the Amazon.

The economic unification of Europe after 1992 will change the nature of America's aviation relations

RAYTHEON CORP.'S COMPLAINT about the 1968 expropriation of an Italian plant is hardly a pressing mat

TRADITIONALLY, ALL NEW ADMINISTRATIONS enjoy a honeymoon period. But when a new transportation secre

For the past two years, trade officials from around the world have been engaged in negotiations aime

THERE IS NO GOOD TIME for someone to die. But Richard D. Sanborn Jr.'s death last Sunday after suffe

FERC'S NO. 1 JOB SHOULD BE RELIABILITYYour Jan. 13 editorial ("Access to Power") concludes a

THE RITA M, a Panamanian freighter, has had only two crewmen jump ship during the 27 years it has ha

Arab nations call it "The Scandal of the Generation." The Israelis see it as the marketing feat of t

This is the time of year when my thoughts begin turning, quite slowly, to the need to sit down and d

The Cuban economy is in deep trouble. Cuba's economic problems could be substantially ameliorated, h

Reliable sources of reasonably priced energy fuels are the foundation for a strong economy and for o

CARLA HILLS' FIRST DEADLINE is at hand: Within the next few days, the new U.S. trade representative

George Bush stumbled in his first major appearance before Congress last week. The president proposed

The battle is joined. U.S. steel import restraints, cries a group of U.S. steel consumers, a

WHEN YOUR LOCAL POWER COMPANY overcharges you on next month's electric bill, can you sue the utility

Auto insurance fraud, one of the most pervasive and difficult-to-control problems fueling auto insur

IN 1980, JAMAICANS OVERWHELMINGLY rejected Michael Manley's path to socialism when they voted him fr

WEIGH TRUCKS BEFORE THEY LEAVE PORTSI read with interest Helen Delich Bentley's opinions on

Western Europe's leaders are belatedly waking up to the fact that they are fast running out of time

Thirty years of democratic rule have brought material and spiritual progress to Venezuelans. But at

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION GROWS STEADILY closer. Hardly a day goes by without the European Community taki

THE NOMINATION OF JOHN TOWER to become secretary of defense is in serious jeopardy, endangered by al

It's traditional during Mardi Gras in this beautiful port city for some NewOrleanians to shout out a

WASHINGTON BUREAU BUSINESSMEN ARE TAKING a cautious approach in pressing for trade normaliza

Headaches over tax collections hastened the resignation in 1828 of Antonio Jose de Sucre, Bolivia's

THE TONE IS DIFFERENT: Rather than berating Congress for its spending habits and inveighing against

Income tax treaties provide a little-noticed but important cornerstone for the open world economy. T

ITC DIDN'T MISS STEP ANNOUNCING HEARINGI read with considerable interest the story in your F

SUPPOSE THERE WERE A MAGIC WAND that could slash Japan's chronic trade surplus with the United State

One of the last acts Ronald Reagan committed before he left the White House was topropose an end to

A Mexican moratorium on interest payments to international banks is just around the corner. Why? The

THE BANNER OF "NATIONAL SECURITY" has become a cover for many who view foreign investment as a dange

IF THERE WERE ANY LINGERING DOUBTS about his firmness and decisiveness, George Bush has gone far to

I'm not sure whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, but events unfolding here in Wash

When Mexico's new president, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, recently jailed Joaquin Hernandez Balicia, a