Commentary

When the leaders of East and West Germany shook hands in Bonn last week, the inevitable topic of reu

THE HOUSE AND SENATE trade bills have received considerable negative publicity in recent months, muc

THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION has more than one offer in hand for the purchase or charter of the super

THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE is going modern. A postal version of automated teller machines, dispensing s

More Questions On US Auto IndustryThe article by Rep. John J. LaFalce (Sept. 3) indicates a

The Aztecs were the great warriors of Mexico. For more than 50 years, until they were conquered by t

Congress is taking control of U.S. trade policy, moving it in the direction of greater activism. The

HOW BAD HAS THE OIL-PRICE BUST been for business in the energy-dependent states? By now, most people

WELFARE REFORM might seem an idea whose time has come. House Democrats have introduced a bill costin

Foreign Inspections Are a Trade BarrierYour Aug. 19 editorial on the pre-shipment inspection

And now the news. . . What kind of day was it 160 years ago when The Journal of Commerce got its sta

Strengthening our national defense globally and our competitive standing internationally should be t

Taiwanese Concern In US Trade StressedIn your editorial of Aug. 21, 1987 related to your "Sp

ALL TOO OFTEN, economics plays handmaiden to other concerns when it comes to foreign affairs. There

I called a friend last weekend for tennis and spoke with his telephone answering machine. I think su

THE RESULTS of last Sunday's election in Argentina pose a major challenge for that country's 4-year-

Japan's plucky prime minister, whose five years in office come to an end on the 30th of next month,

The economy has rounded the corner into the homestretch of 1987 in remarkably good shape. The major

When it comes to highway safety, it is striking how readily people recommend solutions to problems o

THE VISIT OF EAST GERMAN LEADER Erich Honecker to West Germany marks a milestone in the tense histor

PRESIDENT REAGAN'S new executive order requiring federal agencies to evaluate the impact of their po

CONGRESSMEN SPEND a lot of time griping about other nations' non-tariffbarriers to trade. Th

The mere mention of new technology is usually enough to raise the hackles of Britain's trades unions

Recent demonstrations in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia provided a new reminder to Soviet leader Mikh

On June 11, 1987, the nation's air traffic controllers voted 2-1 to form the National Air Traffic C

THE COST OF MOVING cargo through a seaport is based on many factors, only one of which is longshore

There was no television 160 years ago when Samuel F.B. Morse founded The Journal of Commerce. No rad

The participation of the Norwegian firm Kongsberg Trade - a division of Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk - in

WHEN THE NOMINATION of C. William Verity Jr. as secretary of commerce comes before the Senate Commer

IT'S HARD TO GO FAR in any major city without running into the homeless. Train stations and bus term

Time to Point Finger At CanadaI noted in your Aug. 12 issue some comments made by Leonard H.

The name of Rep. Dante Fascell, D-Fla., was misspelled in a letter published in Tuesday's edition of

A recent Journal of Commerce editorial ("Who Needs a Fleet?", Aug. 17) notes the disinterest of the

Although I am not much of a chess player, I am an expert at making a particular move. It inv

Americas' two biggest car companies and the United Auto Workers Union have begun the most critical l

THE STEEL INDUSTRY HAS EXTRACTED a lot from the U.S. taxpayer, all in the name of saving basic indus

An U.S. ship, filled with U.S. grain, sails to the port of a U.S. trading partner. One might expect

Alan Greenspan has hardly had time to find his way to the tennis courts at the Federal Reserve Board

THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S much-debated decision not to build the Lavi fighter plane is a victory for

OVERTHROWING A DICTATORSHIP is one thing. Establishing a democracy is altogether another.As the Phil