Commentary

THE DEPARTMENT of Energy recently announced plans to conduct a World Coal Trade Study to identify ex

So much blistering rhetoric has been uttered about whether sanctions against South Africa work, prop

My editor called the other day and said, Erich, how would you like me to give you a raise and cut yo

THE CABINET-LEVEL Economic Policy Council will meet Wednesday to review an interagency recommendatio

We're all familiar with the marketing flub by Coca-Cola. For more than six generations, Coca-Cola ha

On Oct. 16, 1987, after a loss of more than 9 percent in the preceding eight trading days, the Stand

THE ECONOMIC NEWS has been good of late. The widely-feared winter recession has not materialized, th

OVERTHROWING A GOVERNMENT is relatively easy. Replacing it is a different matter altogether.

Time to Give Canada And the CN a BreakIn regards to your editorial Get Guilford Running (Feb

A $9.4 million damage award against Soldier of Fortune magazine has First Amendment defenders upset.

On March 19, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Alan Holmer will meet with Soviet officials in Washing

FRUSTRATED TRUCKERS HAULED the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission into court last week t

THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM needs villains. When U.S. political leaders find themselves unable to

An editorial in The Journal of Commerce Monday, March 7, erroneously stated that presidential candid

Breaking out of a mold is never easy. The Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, representi

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., predict they will produce a trade bi

THE UNITED STATES and Japan have broken off talks over Japanese barriers to U.S. construction firms.

I went to Super Tuesday and hardly anyone was there. I went because it was my first chance to vote i

MORE THAN ANY OTHER candidate for the presidency, Rep. Richard Gephardt has identified himself as a

The U.S. dollar's value relative to the major foreign currencies has been declining for nearly three

THE SURGE IN CORPORATE TAKEOVERS financed with borrowed funds raises serious questions for a nation

The 1980s have brought radical changes to the United States. An enormous federal deficit has spawned

Since elections are all the buzz these days, what is the state of democracy in East and Southeast As

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION sent a strong message last week to shippers who do not pay their

Is the U.S. flag merchant marine in its death throes? It appears so. Presently, U.S. shipyards have

Exports Help Raise Farm Income of PoorLucy Komisar (Export Focus Harms Peasants, opinion, Fe

THE WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS, it seems, want a stable dollar. But stability doesn't come cheap. L

WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATING trade deals, aviation is a field unto itself. But in an unusual challen

Europe's cleanest, neatest and most caring society is fraying at the edges. The streets of Amsterda

The signing of the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty has improved the atmosphere between the

TRADE SEEMS TO BE THE BURNING ISSUE as presidential candidates crisscross the South before Super Tue

WHILE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JAMES BURNLEY'S PROPOSAL for drug testing of airline workers in safet

You should try it yourself if you don't believe me. The next time you are face to face with an inter

There are some mightily frustrated politicians in France these days as French President Francois Mit

Don't Judge a Ship By Year It Was BuiltI must correct the false impression of the U.S.-flag

For years, Canada has imposed protectionist policies against U.S. authors,artists and other

THE McBRIDE PRINCIPLES, a statement of the employment policies to which foreign firms operating in N

A few years ago, we asked the late German physicist and rocketry engineer Krafft Ehricke to outline

THE RESULTS ON SUPER TUESDAY, next week's series of primary elections in 20 states, may have much to

Just as we look with horror at galley slavery or inhuman steerage accommodations of the past, our 2