Commentary

NOW THAT CONGRESS is finally ready to approve a budget for the 1989 fiscal year, it is clearer than

If the Omnibus Trade Bill becomes law - either by veto override this week or in a stripped-down vers

The problem with today, Don Welch said with an impish look in his bright blue eyes, is that tomorrow

MORE THAN SIX MONTHS have gone by since panels of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ruled t

Seaports often face the difficult task of balancing management autonomy with the demands of politici

McCarran-Ferguson Enhances CompetitionYour May 25 editorial once again calls for repeal of t

The furor during the New York primary over Jesse Jackson's relationships with Jews (Jews . . . woul

WITH TAX DEDUCTIONS for consumer debt wiped out by the 1986 tax reform, loans secured by the borrowe

Robin Hood stole gold and silver coins from the rich according to legend. Latter-day Robin Hoods ste

In 1543, storm-tossed Portuguese mariners went ashore on a Japanese island and traded a few firearms

THE GRAY MARKET, ON WHICH GOODS made by U.S. companies abroad are sold without their permission in t

Say what you want about Ronald Reagan's judgment, he picked a good week to be in Moscow and out of W

IT MANUFACTURES CIGARETTES. It has interests in South Africa. It is owned, in small part, by the gov

After 14 months of close scrutiny by the National Land Agency, Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita last

The Commerce Department reported last week that economic growth in early 1988 was at an annual rate

On May 25, after over two years of negotiations, the United States and Japan concluded a historic ag

FEDERAL ENERGY OFFICIALS penned another important chapter last month in their ambitious campaign to

AFTER FOUR DECADES of military-dominated autocracy, South Korea has embarked on a new adventure. On

GROWTH AND MODERNIZATION are impossible for a developing country that lacks a reliable source of ele

Containerships Essential to MilitaryOn April 19th you published a letter from James D. Dunai

AUTO INSURERS HAVE WON a victory with Chrysler Corp.'s announcement last week that it will equip all

The emotional backlash in Britain against the two Swiss food corporations battling to buy the U.K. c

My first visit to Moscow took place 36 years ago, in April 1952, at the coldest point of the Cold Wa

Eastern Remains Dedicated to SafetyYour articles of May 2, Records Undermine Eastern Safety

Earlier this month, Pan American Airways and Aeroflot Soviet Airlines inaugurated joint flights link

THICK CLOUDS of misting rain water churned up by tractor-trailer tires can quickly blind motorists s

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV'S POLITICAL REFORMS in the Soviet Union are producing a resounding echo in the Sov

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT has acted to limit the most abusive aspect of its zero tolerance campai

Now that tax filing season has peaked, the word is getting out: Tax reform is soaking the rich! For

The coming summit meeting, while officially located in Moscow, will take place in an historical Twil

THE EXPORT OF MANUFACTURING JOBS is a recurring theme among those who see the American economy becom

If the new chief executive of a major company wants to introduce fundamental changes, he must come t

Foreign trade is back at the top of the national agenda. Exports jumped during March, dropping the n

Ever since 1607, when the first American merchant ship was launched, merchant seamen have contribute

There is a colorful, controversial labor leader-politician in Brazil called Lula - short for Luis Ig

INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE ENJOYED for too long the protection of an antitrust exemption that permits

CONGRESS, THAT HOTBED of protectionist rhetoric, gets a bum rap on trade. Although its rhetoric inva

In just over a year, the voluntary restraint arrangements negotiated pursuant to the president's ste

THE PUNDITS ARE ALREADY predicting that President Reagan's trip to Moscow, where he will meet Sunday

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