Commentary

Three recent opinion articles (''The dollar and the trade deficit,'' Feb. 22, Page 5A; ''Call a halt

Pressure is building in Congress to enact legislation regarding digital signatures, an Internet tech

This will be a busy week, if you're a trade-balance wonk. On Thursday, the Commerce Department will

It's a classic tale of the sea, young love and a poor choice of delivery systems.In 1957, Pi

As a young girl in Cuba I used to dream about eating an orange. You might find that to be a strange

Customs has issued new guidelines that should reduce the duration of the audits it performs on impor

So we've done China Shipping Group, and we've drained the potential of the Maersk/Sea-Land acquisiti

Perhaps surprisingly, more than half of Americans with Internet capability have made a purchase over

In the 1990s globalization has become a buzzword. Few would disagree that the new order of global tr

The market is beginning to make inroads on more than three decades of angst and soap opera over the

One economic barrier after another is being dismantled as the world's national and regional markets

Since the beginning of the Asian crisis, markets and Asia watchers have kept a close eye on China. T

If you think August means kicking back at the beach, maybe you haven't checked your e-mail.T

Give the California Prune Board an A+ for creativity.The board, in an attempt to get high-sc

I contacted George Hayashi this week to sound him out about what, if anything, has changed in the li

Some 30 hours after departing Tokyo, where I am a foreign correspondent, I was sitting in the 12th r

The rulers of Russia have decided to run for election by raising the price of bread, home electricit

No one disputes that Congress has some heavy-duty issues on its plate: emergency aid for farmers, th

There is an island nation not far from the United States. On that island, each person is guaranteed

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that the bald eagle, our nation's symbol, is

None of us will ever know what was going through Mark Barton's mind when he decided to open fire and

As toddlers, my children loved a Barney video in which an imaginary storm tossed Barney and a group

From the better-late-than-never department comes word that Congress has finally approved the Water R

Spam has become the four-letter word of the Internet. All of us are plagued by it and have quickly l

I thank David Ainsworth, a well-known attorney for ocean carriers, for his willingness to publicly e

The Transportation Research Board has concluded its long-awaited report on airline competition. The

There is a near-term alternative for the cost-effective replacement of the aging U.S.-flag container

Should major government contracts be awarded to rogue corporations that refuse to obey the law? Amaz

The Commerce Department's thumbs-down on a controversial oil-dumping complaint is as sensible as it

The decision by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Alitalia, Italy's national carrier, to launch a 50-50 j

This summer I met eight 12-year-old entrepreneurs.Hailing from an economic and ethnic cross-

''International exhaustion:'' It sounds like what happens to cross-border travelers after a schlep a

How about a kind word for the scientific pork barrel, Congress's own direct-delivery system for labo

Journalists who write articles about how hard it is to be a journalist rank somewhere below novelist

Solar eclipses are well-worn plot devices in tales about societies that are ancient, primitive, or b

If future U.S. budget surpluses materialize, the Treasury Department has little choice but to establ

Gerber, a leading brand of American baby food, just bowed to pressure from Greenpeace.The co

I have a question to start off this week's column. It's a simple question, but one that could take s

It's no surprise that the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 - which went into effect 100 days ago Su

Israel's new prime minister, Ehud Barak, has moved quickly to deal with major issues facing his coun