Commentary

Technological change and market integration, induced by trade and investment liberalization, have de

If there was a financial equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for the world's best-performing economy, t

Europe's leaders have a lot to be thankful for when they gather in Brussels early next month for th

The United States is the world's most competitive economy, followed by Singapore, Hong Kong and the

Press reports and the speculation of several prominent economists suggest that competition from Chin

Two former Soviet republics had elections recently, but they promise neither political stability nor

Not much more than 12 months ago, the hype over $10 cigars was thicker than smoke in a political bac

Spring in Japan means cherry blossoms, melting snow on Mount Fuji and Shinto, the annual labornegoti

On the celebration of Earth Day today, acrimonious debate continues to rage over the Kyoto Treaty, w

There's a saying in America: beware of ordering too many blank checks at once. The name of your bank

International trade is hardly free of politics or might-is-right reasoning, although the WorldTrade

Two Wall Street Journal reporters have produced a spring tonic of a book about the U.S. economy, aft

Even as momentum apparently builds for a main export pipeline through Georgia linking Azerbaijan's C

It's almost 20 years since Italy celebrated the ''sorpasso,'' that proud moment when its national we

PASSENGER ACTAN ANACHRONISMIf any one incident calls for the outright repeal of the woefully

The last two years have been problematic for U.S.-Latin relations as Congress voted down fast-track

After three years of tortured debate, a congressional bid to curb regulation of the ocean shipping b

Economists depend on economic and financial data, plus the assumption that the country's economic st

France is within sight of a victory that has eluded it throughout this century - parity with Germany

Few Americans are as plugged into the telecommunications revolution as the estimated 800,000 soft dr

As the world moves toward a truly global trading system, a frustrating stalemate has emerged in the

Those who hate the income tax - roughly 99 percent of Americans - cheered when a Senate committee al

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

The Senate has agreed to consider an amendment to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act today giving non-ves

Like pronouncements by the Delphic oracle, President Clinton's call to ''save Social Security first'

When Gregor Mendel cross-bred pea plants in his monastery's garden 140 years ago, he hardly suspecte

More than a few people were scratching their heads last week af- ter a speech by Treasury Secret

America's private colleges are reportedly increasing their tuition at the lowest rate in decades. Co

The president recently said we have a chance to ''fix the roof while the sun is still shining'' - a

TEXTILE QUOTADATA CHALLENGEDI would like to respond to two statements attributed to Ms. Laur

As Latin global leaders head home from this weekend's Summit of the Americas, they need to refocus o

The reported death last week of mass murderer Pol Pot represents another milestone in Indochina's tr

Could it be that Saddam Hussein isn't the only one with something to hide when it comes to illegal w

At his 25th high school reunion, one of Grant Aldonas' former classmates invited him to step outside

This weekend's Inter-American summit in Santiago, Chile, attended by President Clinton and 33 Wester

The current financial crisis in Asia first surfaced in Thailand last July. Since then, the virus has

We don't recall when we first heard a mayor, governor or other elected official announce they weren'

The World Trade Organization ruling last week striking down U.S. legal protections for endangered se

As old enmities are starting to melt away around the world - U.S. humanitarian trade with Cuba after

President Clinton and 33 leaders of neighboring Western Hemisphere nations sit down together in Sant