Commentary

France is about to discover whether its special relationship with Germany has passed its sell-by dat

As he addressed the nation late Sunday night, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo was in the strange p

The European Union's top antitrust official, Commissioner Karel Van Miert, was right to reject the F

Japan is entering a new phase of economic development - one of economic deregulation and reform.

This week marks the 65th anniversary of the low of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the Great Dep

Counting chickens before they hatch can be a risky business. But that hasn't discouraged a lively de

One of the more commendable tasks the U.S. Department of Agriculture performs is inspecting imported

Can the Internet do no right? First it was going to cocoon us all in our houses, then it was going t

Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo's reforms deserve much of the credit for the conduct of Sunday's

Most people realize that entrepreneurship entails taking risks, and assume it requires a particular

A RIP IN THEFABRIC OF NAFTAIf a large portion of your reporting staff was fired and replaced

Myanmar's reigning generals have pulled out all the stops in their quest to crush the country's stil

In a recent opinion article, Paul Hudak of Fuji Photo Film USA argues that the current trade dispute

The landmark merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas passed an important test last week, winning the

As President Clinton prepares to present Congress with his review of the first three years of the No

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to the poorest nations in the world. A population of 600 million has attr

Back in the days when the automobile first rolled onto the U.S. landscape, Henry Ford gave car buyer

NOTHING LESS THAN 100 PERCENT'MADE IN USA' WILL DOThere is a simple answer to the question p

The term ''geopolitics,'' once widely understood, has fallen into misuse as a foreign policy concept

With much fanfare, President Clinton last week unveiled a proposal to keep the Internet a ''tax and

The Surface Transportation Board, created last year as a successor to the Interstate Commerce Commis

Census fights are as old as the Republic, and aren't likely to disappear any time soon.When

Three years after the launch of Brazil's real stabilization plan, the hyperinflation beast of the pa

Once again, the thorny question of gold's role in a modern monetary system has been raised, this tim

THE THREAT TOAMERICA'S FARMLANDIn several recent articles, Dennis T. Avery, director of glob

''No other (business) organization has moved as quickly to become so influential in U.S. trade polic

Mexico's traditionally down-and-dirty politics are getting a face lift.This Sunday, Mexican

The Fourth of July is the year's deadliest holiday travel period.Based on past statistics fo

India has angered its main trading partners with the stubborn refusal to open its consumer markets t

HOW TO MAKE SHIPPINGMORE COMPETITIVEYour June 25 article, ''Agricultural group backs reform

As part of the fiscal 1998 budget, President Clinton pledged his commitment for a program to expand

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto commented late last month about ''the temptation to sell o

President Clinton has put his imprimatur on a sweeping expansion of the regulations governing air po

Ever heard of the Market Access Program?You should.It is going to cost you $346 million over

Last week's collision of a trash-carrying spaceship with the Russian space station Mir dented not on

Just before Canada Day, Ottawa received unwelcome news from a World Trade Organization panel: Canada

For all the furor on global warming, there has been surprisingly little attention given to the role

The restoration of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty after 156 years of British rule is the occasion

A good way of looking at China and its ''reacquisition'' of Hong Kong is through the eyes of others.

Polls indicate that most Americans favor privatizing Social Security, which would allow workers to i