Commentary

Attention to emerging world markets has been a hot item in this decade. To date, however, it has foc

Critics have long derided the campaign process that sells candidates as if they were soap.No

A crusade has been under way in Congress in recent years to improve the quality of broadcast televis

European countries that have been trying to cozy up to Iran found themselves in a bit of a pickle re

During the last year of former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's term of office, Mexico was rife

Xenophobia has returned to Congress.A House Judiciary subcommittee last week approved a lobb

NYC TRANSPORT WOESNEED VISIONARY ANSWERThe fierce debate over whether building a New York an

Alan Greenspan is the world's pre-eminent central banker. Yet Mr. Greenspan's nomination to a third

While rightly criticizing pure protectionism, many economists nonetheless continue to do the cause o

SENSELESS ATTACKON MEXICOOnce again Christopher Whalen has written about Mexico (''PRI dinos

Foreigners stunned by the outburst of English jingoism and xenophobia over the European Union's ban

In medicine, the good old days weren't really that good. Physicians sometimes could do little for pa

India's political landscape remains unsettled following last month's election, but some encouraging

In Japan, government officials and leaders of the financial community are studying an important ques

Last week's elections have redrawn Israel's political map. A peacemaker prime minister has been repl

At long last the summer vacation season has begun. Many of us will travel to our great national park

Albania's right-wing leader, Sali Berisha, has dealt a blow to hopes for the return of democracy to

EU BANANA POLICYUNFAIR TO PRODUCERSSeveral points need to be addressed in your April 26 arti

Russia's Communist Party stands exposed. After months of promising a new approach to the economy, th

In the current tit-for-tat trade spat with China, the United States announced plans to levy tariffs

A prominent investment banker is saying the wrong things about inflation.''Fear of Inflation

South Koreans are increasingly eager to travel abroad for business or pleasure, but in Seoul many ar

King for a day: That seems to be the scheme the White House is considering to catapult President Cli

Advocates of continued most-favored-nation trade status for China claim this is a ''normal'' part of

In Israel, life goes on in the face of terrorism, as it does in London, Ireland, Oklahoma and other

Using the world trading system to enforce labor standards has been a hot topic the last two years. T

Evidence continues to mount that labor is becoming scarce. If this, in fact, is true, it may well ig

IN SUPPORTOF THE JONES ACTBill McCurdy's recent column ''Free trade or protectionism: More t

Bob Dole and Demi Moore have at least two things in common. They've both been taking their clothes o

Thirty years ago, French politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber published his theories on the ''Am

Recent U.S. policies call into question America's commitment to the principle of nondiscrimination i

This newspaper has never been, nor does it plan to be, an official sponsor of the Summer Olympics in

President Boris Yeltsin of Russia, in a flashy display of electoral wisdom, has taken just two days

Since the days of the Phoenicians, trading rules have had one goal - to make it easier to buy and se

Bob Dole tried to inject the character issue into the presidential race last month. It backfired.

The rumor mill in Mexico City is running overtime because of the belief in certain circles that Pres

IBM and the Clinton administration want to computerize our ''low-tech schools'' to prepare our child

I was watching a basketball game at USAir Arena last week when I was suddenly reminded of how fortun

Apple Computer Inc., trying to spruce up sales, hired Gilbert Amelio as its high-priced chairman and

In a launch-pad version of the sweatshop story, the international space community is pondering a har