Commentary

The European Union is poised to launch a single currency, but it hasn't yet forged a proper single m

For years, experts looked upon East Asia as a model for Latin America's economic problems - and righ

The Kyoto treaty to reduce global warming faces stiff opposition in the U.S. Senate, fueled by labor

The Reagan-era philosophy included a strictly interpreted Constitution and a market-driven society p

It was an unusual challenge and one fraught with conflict: Draw a blueprint for building new citizen

Russia's wily President Boris Yeltsin showed anew his ability to gain and hold power through coups,

After years of standing on the shore, executives of Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's 60-year-old oil mo

Will he or won't he? The World Trade Organization, for- merly the General Agreement on Tariffs an

POLAND OIL SECTOR OPENSTO FOREIGN INVESTMENTWARSAW - Poland's Cabinet Economic Commi

If there were a single test of the effectiveness of the World Bank since James Wolfensohn became pre

China's announced ban on the door-to-door sales strategies used by Amway, Mary Kay and Avon is ridic

When Russian President Boris Yeltsin's candidate for prime minister, Sergei Kirienko, first met U.S.

The financial services industry is riding a wave of excitement over the announced mergers of Citicor

When the second most powerful official in American government writes a book, it is wise to read it.

The azaleas are in bloom in South Korea as residents enjoy the warm spring sunshine. With the terms

The blessings of the global food market are many: summer squash in winter and winter squash in summe

The Summit of the Americas last weekend in Santiago, Chile, marks the start of seven years of free-t

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sitcom writers would have a field day with the comedic potential of a ''Honeymooners''-ish municipal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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