Commentary

Today, we face stiff competition from abroad in almost all of our industrial sectors. Although limit

If Hong Kong were a country, its population of six million would leave it ranking as a middle-sized

NOT LONG AGO the U.S. Customs Service and customhouse brokers were fighting tooth and nail. Customs

SLICING UP THE PORK: That's how one congressional staffer referred to the so- called demonstration p

In the movie, The Gods Must Be Crazy, a soda bottle, dropped from the skies by an airline pilot, lan

I am concerned over the negative impact that foreign imports are having on our nation's economy. In

THE NEWS - BARE-BONE EVENTS UNADORNED with editorial opinion - sometimes proves a more telling comme

The U.S. economy is at a crossroads. Foreign competition matters as never before. Changes in our co

WITH THE ECONOMY BUMPING ALONG a slow-growth course that sometimes alarms andrarely inspires

IS INFLATION ON THE WAY BACK? It is, if you give credence to the leading inflation index compiled by

AIRLINES IN THE UNITED STATES are inviting re-regulation. In their determination to meet cut-rate co

The rapidly deteriorating position of the United States in international trade is the most important

Canada's financial services industry is about to undergo a sea change that will put it in the forefr

Message on Fuels Hits Nail on HeadYour recent editorial, "Keep Fuel Options Open," Feb. 18,

One of Britain's leading banks suffered some horrible publicity a few years ago when an exasperated

Since the November 1986 election, all the public and private signals comingfrom Washington h

OF THE MANY BUZZWORDS connected with trade legislation these days, one in particular carries ominous

We should ponder William Cotter's concerns about administration plans to abolish automobile fuel eff

THE HEAD OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, John Gaughan, told of the agency's policies and objectives

GREAT BRITAIN'S SHIPPING INDUSTRY is becoming alarmed at the prospect of a shortage of deck officers

US Does Support Its Merchant FleetRep. Walter B. Jones' article, "Support the U.S. Merchant

A TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS BILL, designed to clean up errors or oversights in the complex tax reform la

As everyone knows the rain does not fall mainly on the plain. Nor does the slush merely flush the un

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP for the Reagan administration. The president's television address, plus the ap

I was intrigued by Professor Wallace's piece, "Looking at the Wrong Numbers," (JofC, Feb. 3) because

WILL THE REAL RONALD REAGAN please stand up? The figure on television Wednesday night dispelled any

The battle over U.S. textiles and apparel trade policy is about to be rejoined. Its outcome

To eliminate the trade deficit and service our debt, we must lower costs of production relative to p

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT, but nobody does anything about it. That observation about the weather, pro

In a biting essay on James Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses, Mark Twain said There are 19 rules g

ENCOURAGING INTEREST in the sorry plight of the U.S.-flag merchant marine has been displayed in the

The finance ministers and central bank governors of the larger industrial countries met in Paris ove

While much of the new federal wiretap act is confusing, one thing is clear: it establishes a lower l

STEPHEN BERGER, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has come up wit

For many months many conservative political analysts in Japan have expressed fears that Prime Minis

As it was first proposed in September 1985, the rewrite of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control a

By now probably most people in the financial community have caught up with the fact that the United

AMTRAK ONCE AGAIN IS ON THE BLOCK, and once again the Reagan administration is unlikely to find any

DEVELOPER DONALD TRUMP has walked off with an estimated $24 million profit by calling off his unwel

When the citizens of Troy bought the Horse into their city, a seeming tribute to Trojan valor left b