Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FEW DIPLOMATIC ISSUES place the United States on trickier sands than the current unrest in the Repub

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

Despite the recent improvement in the monthly trade numbers, the United States will have to attract

The hijinks in the Senate last week on the bill to control congressional campaign spending almost be

Inflation, most people know now, is easier to fall into than jump out of. This statement has

President Reagan last week unveiled an EXPORT NOW program to help excite businesses around the count

IT'S A TRUISM of economics that investors put their money where they think it will generate the grea

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan scored a personal triumph last week. In his maiden eff

NOBODY LIKES noisy airports. But new pressures to put the lid on airport noise threaten to do grave

Customs Itself Poses Brokers' Big ProblemI read with a great deal of interest the report by

WHAT STARTED OUT as a minor change in procedure has landed the Federal Maritime Commission in a lega

U.S. COMPANIES MAY BE LOSING as much as $61 billion a year because our good trading buddies are pira

Initially hailed as a major breakthrough in managing the debt crisis, the debt relief plan devised b

Only six years ago what is now the National Freight Consortium, Europe's largest trucking group, was

WHEN IT COMES to praying in public, the United States is a leading member of the Church of Free Trad

I'm uneasy about Pat Robertson's campaign for the presidency. I think I am not alone. Mr. Ro

IF YOU ASK a wrong question, you're likely to get a wrong answer. That axiom fits nothing mo

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY James Burnley's initial round of congressional appearances on the DOT budge