Commentary

Two years have now passed since Secretary of the Treasury James A. Baker III made his first attempts

Japan and the United States are experiencing political, economic and psychological transitions not s

Dennis D. Miller, author of the article Soviets Ignore Grain Pledges published on this page Tuesday,

Mexican elections, despite opposition challenges and charges of irregularities, have produced the un

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL among those who would cartelize the world's trade. Now it's the turn of the tro

AS A CHILD GROWS, he demands the right to decide things for himself. Realistically, parents have no

Wealth and Money Are Different ThingsI was astonished to read, in John Boyd's "Economic Beat

The international monetary system now revolves around monetary relations between the three great eco

Some of the highest-paid men and women in Britain - the stars of Margaret Thatcher's economic revolu

In September, the United States turned a blind eye when, for the third straight year, the Soviet Uni

EVEN AS THE LAST commercial ship under construction in the United States slides down the ways at Wis

MAINE'S VOTERS have soundly rejected efforts to close down Maine Yankee, the state's only nuclear ge

Don't Eliminate Oil As US Energy SourceIn a recent letter (Oct. 23), John Bartis, president

Most everyone knowledgeable about trade, including those who write our editorials on this page, is c

THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL continues to languish in the massive House-Senate conference. House S

Recapturing America's fair share of international trade involves more than duties, tariffs and debat

MOST PEOPLE IN BUSINESS claim to like an economic system that relies on competition. But when it com

SEVERAL OF AMERICA'S EUROPEAN allies are demanding that the United States close its bases in their c

Events of the last several weeks have demonstrated once again that, at least so far as financial new

Does Arthur Laffer's famous cocktail napkin lie tattered on the floor in the wake of the market cras

Ethiopian Food Aid Not in JeopardyThe article "Rate Hikes Threaten Famine Aid" (Oct. 20) inc

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT Congress was ready to deal with serious matters like railroad regulation and se

WHILE YUPPIES ARE OUT spending on pasta machines they never use, their representatives in Congress a

The similarity between the stock market crash of 1987 and that of 1929 has caused some economists an

YESTERDAY'S CONSERVATIVE IDEAS are becoming the pet projects of today's liberals. Or at least, so it

I was on a dangerous mission last weekend, the kind on which you just might cross yourself as you si

Cutting a swath across the Pacific, the six members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ar

It's a situation only the federal government could get itself into. On the one hand, the Uni

WASHINGTON'S BUDGET WRITERS are getting more creative by the day, coming up with gimmicks to make th

THE 1980s HAVE BROUGHT the world's trade negotiators face to face with issues of unprecedented compl

There were no trumpets sounding and no thundering of drums as representatives of the Association of

World financial markets have been at their manic-depressive best lately. Prices of practically every

CONFLICTS IN NATIONAL LAWS are a constant problem for companies operating in international trade. A

Brussels is suffering from another bout of political schizophrenia. As the capital of the Eu

US Shipping Study A Rehash of TheoryThe latest U.S. Merchant Marine Study has produced a rer

To help spur economic growth, President Reagan, Congress, the International Monetary Fund and the Wo

The 100th Congress, we were told, was to be dedicated to countering unfair practices by our trading

A NEW DEPRESSION is highly unlikely, but economist Herbert Stein warns it could happen if we don't

In the 1960s, Time Magazine ran the headline Is God Dead? screaming across its cover. God st

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE may never win a popularity contest among customhouse brokers, but even brok