Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TO PROVIDE CATASTROPHIC health insurance for the elderly, a pledge made in his 1986 State of the Un

ALAN J. HERBERT, our insurance editor these past two years, reversed the usualprocedure. He

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

The ruling Conservative Party and the Labor Opposition have been thrown into turmoil by the voters o

The doleful awakening from carnival revelry on Ash Wednesday morning is a common theme in Brazilian

In a dressing room at Malacanang Palace, where just a year ago Imelda Marcos might have stood choosi

IN WASHINGTON, WHERE ALL THINGS are possible, the Canadian trade negotiations have suddenly moved to

My wife and I probably are members of a very exclusive group. We are among the very few in the count

THE IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR is an obvious candidate for enshrinement as a case history at the Harvard Bus

AS SPECULATION CONTINUES on who will be appointed to the next term as Federal Re serve chairman in A

WHAT'S IN A NAME? For General Motor's new Saturn division, the answer is aggravation. Saturn, which

WANT TO MAKE SOMEONE in the insurance industry cry? Remind him that the McCarran-Ferguson Act is a

The headline was right, but the editorial "Market Sets Truck Rates" (JofC, Feb. 19) really missed th

The true nature of the struggle going on at the top of the Chinese Communist Party remains as puzzli

The air and marine transport industries have declared war on drug trafficking. Global guidel

THERE'S A NEW MYSTERY in Washington. Budget revenues, for reasons the Treasury is unableto explain,

Americans and especially members of the scientific community have exaggerated the purely economic be

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY has taken a bashing lately from its trading partners on everything from the

Import Data Issue Not a New OneI read with interest your recent editorial regarding trade st

President Committed To Canadian TalksThe Journal of Commerce is right on target in its analy

For more than two years, the Federal Reserve - with the active encouragement of the Reagan Administr

ON TORT LAW REFORM, boldness and courage did not abound at the American Bar Association's mid-winte

FARMERS DO IT, hard-pressed individuals do it, even giant corporations like Manville do it. Do what?

The man has been general secretary only two years now but already has made many new ripples on the s

America's ability to provide economic leadership - whether as an advocate for economic liberty or as

JUST AS EUROPEANS don't want to drive big U.S. cars, neither do they want large U.S.-made refrigera

CARGO PREFERENCE: The very thought is almost certain to raise the hackies of shippers, especially fa