Commentary

Major credit card banks, along with the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives, are t

ABANDONMENT REPORTGREATLY EXAGGERATEDWe were surprised to read in your March 11 article ''Ma

Cutting though much of the verbiage about the planned merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group, the de

Trade analysts for some time have expected a higher trade deficit this year given the strong U.S. ec

A new movement is afoot, spreading buzzwords through America's think tanks and city halls. ''Regiona

A Mexican pundit once complained that most of his country's problems stemmed from being ''too far fr

As the Uruguayan daily El Pais provocatively observed, ''the hemispheric (trade integration) tracks

President Clinton faces a test over his policy toward Iran and should use the opportunity to turn th

Governments and multilateral agencies, like armies, tend to prepare for the last war. Thus the Inter

As you sign that nice fat check to the Internal Revenue Service today you may wish you'd been invite

U.S. taxpayers won't get to vent this year, after all.But if Newt Gingrich had had his way,

All hail the euro?While European free-marketers are cheering the conversion to a new, transn

Since its commercialization fewer than five years ago, the Internet has had to address the conflict

The face of international trade is changing. This is seen not only as the Organization for Economic

An important achievement of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was its

The Asian economic crisis seems to be receding or in a temporary pause. As Asia begins its recovery,

In recent years, Ireland surged on many European Union economic barometers as it attracted record fo

For the third time, Indonesia has managed to renegotiate the terms of an international bailout for i

Japan's economy is in recession, nearly everyone is pessimistic about the near-term outlook and the

All girls are good, they say in Russia's villages. So where, they ask, do bad wives come from?

To observe our dog's birthday some years ago, we solicited greetings from world leaders, informing t

Two recent announcements dramatized how the world is changing. The next century will feature Chinese

The deadline is approaching and the conservative Swiss are recoiling in horror.To be charged

The massive $218 billion, six-year Intermodal Surface Transportation bill passed by the House is $26

Italian police say they have hard evidence that the Sicilian Mafia is involved in the smuggling of w

Curbing global investment flows will not prevent another Asian-style financial crisis, yet the idea

''Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.'' Catholic bishops in the U

Speculation is percolating in Latin trade channels about President Clinton's upcoming trip to Santia

Before he went to Africa, President Clinton said he would not apologize for slavery. But he came pre

The European Union last week sought to tackle its underground economy by, as a first step, outlining

The International Monetary Fund is under siege. Strident U.S. opponents reject an American role in t

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has unveiled a package of cuts in oil output last

For the second time in 125 years, people in this small fishing village are battling the Atlantic Oce

Anthony Lake, national security adviser to President Clinton during his first term and failed nomine

First, a word in defense of Russia. When last month's shocking government Cabinet dismissal was flas

In late March, the governing body of the International Labor Organization elected Chilean Juan Somav

It's becoming trickier for marketers to stay out of trouble in an age of political correctness.<

In her best-selling book, ''The March of Folly,'' Barbara Tuchman recounts the periods in history wh

On Monday, a World Trade Organization panel ruled against the United States over a law designed to p

A major force behind our robust stock market and stepped-up economic growth is a rare combination of