Commentary

The declining fortunes of American workers in the face of globalization have generated lots of hand-

Legislation that would expand the North American Free Trade Agreement is lurking just below the alre

Someone must think I don't have enough credit cards.The college from which I graduated 24 ye

As new U.S.-Japan aviation trade talks draw closer, speculation grows wilder.Washington and

One year ago, when Benjamin Netanyahu took office as prime minister, Israel's economic success was l

The government routinely warns Americans of the dangers of smoking cigarettes, but that doesn't stop

When Gary Wheeler goes to work in the morning, many of his co-workers are nowhere to be seen. Instea

The Russian government this week took a big step on the long road to membership in the World Trade O

Asia's spectacular growth has dazzled economists and business leaders alike for almost three decades

ANDREW YOUNG'S CURSORYLOOK AT ASIAN LABORIn former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young's Nike-finan

Globalization holds the promise of boosting growth and raising world living standards. For companies

Suppose you owned an enchanted forest. Now suppose you had servants who sold the tall timber in your

It doesn't take a lot of experience with the airline industry to know that the vast majority of inte

KEEP MARITIMEDEREGULATION ALIVESince when has the simple matter of bringing together a buyer

The U.S. economy continues to hum along. Inflation remains at bay and not a forecaster in sight is p

Americans aren't getting their money's worth for the estimated $200 billion spent each year on envir

Perhaps you've seen the newspaper ads - full-page takeouts with big black borders: ''For your own sa

The European Commission has changed its mind and preliminarily endorsed the $15.5 billion merger bet

Washingtonians are down in the dumps.It was bad enough when the rest of the country just did

In all parts of America, there is beginning a revolt against health maintenance organizations by man

The Republican Congress' proposal to cut estate taxes would have a social benefit that has gone unno

Renewed attention to Africa - notably at the recent Denver summit and other high-level conferences,

The president and the Congress have one last chance this year to agree on fast-track legislation for

Congress holds its semiannual monetary policy circus, called the Humphrey-Hawkins hearings, this wee

The mutual recognition agreements recently initialed between the United States and the European Unio

So it's official. The European Union has decided it will invite five former Eastern bloc countries t

The news coming out of Africa isn't very good these days. In fact, with a few exceptions, it's downr

As marine blockades go, last weekend's anti-U.S. protest by Canadian fishermen, which ended Monday e

A CLEAR THREAT FROMMONOPOLISTIC RAILROADSYour July 9 story, ''Ports see threat in remarks by

President Clinton is pushing ahead on signing a U.N. sponsored global-warming treaty that would pena

Freight rates may be at rock-bottom levels because of the huge number of new containerships now bein

I kicked the habit a year ago.Most people give up smoking because of the rising cost of ciga

A steady drop in gold prices over the past dozen years is raising questions about whether it's time

Australia's central bank recently sold 167 metric tons of gold - two-thirds of its official gold hol

France's new Socialist government is agonizing over how much and how fast to privatize publicly owne

The hot international aviation issue this summer is whether the United States will agree to negotiat

The international labor movement accused the China-backed Hong Kong government on Friday of tramplin

Washington would be faced with a difficult legal brief in the World Trade Organization if it decided

The U.S. Conference of Mayors at its recent annual meeting in San Francisco adopted a resolution cal

International Business Machines Corp. and Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest SpA media group said Friday