Commentary

In 1986, then-Secretary of the Treasury James Baker must have looked to the annual meeting of the Gr

MORE PEOPLE FLY,THANKS TO MR. CLINTONI couldn't agree more with your April 25 editorial that

The U.S. Treasury's operating surplus soared to a record $117 billion in the year ended April 30, mo

Remember ''the boy who cried wolf''? The first time, everyone came running. After that, no one paid

Walter B. Wriston, the legendary retired chairman of Citicorp, will be best remembered for spurring

You can take your ''win-win partnership,'' your ''we-need-each-other'' talk, and jam it.Labo

Near Bohemia's hilly border with Germany, thick trees now rise from the crumbling ruins of a ghost t

INSURERS CONCERNEDABOUT CAR PHONESA recent Journal of Commerce article (''Driving and mobile

A railroad strike by track-maintenance and clerical workers who are bargaining nationally with most

Brent McRae is a 30-something rancher in Jordan, Mont. He and many of his neighbors say they have ha

The Federal Aviation Administration has taken a beating in the weeks since the ValuJet crash, but th

My fellow graduates in economics. Today, we face the terrifying prospect of no longer being students

British Prime Minister John Major, whose government has blundered its way through the mad cow affair

As a foreigner living in the United States, I receive many visitors who are experiencing the country

For most of the postwar period, the old distinction between free traders and protectionists was obso

CANADIAN CUSTOMS:A GOOD MODELIn your March 4 article, ''Canada Offers US Customs Automation

In the way that life sometimes imitates art, Washington's maritime scene has come to resemble Shakes

Creating a single currency has been one of the European Union's most ambitious projects. It would, r

The fact that it's known as the House International Relations Committee might lead one to assume its

U.S. trade with fickle Russia is entering a stage of relative calm, with Moscow promising to roll ba

For years, the Western United States has been at war with itself. On one side are those who believe

Mickey Kantor has been running the Commerce Department barely a month, yet already he is sowing prot

Quick, what year?''Trade disputes between the United States and China flared. . .The adminis

When President Clinton met with 100 business executives last week to honor corporate responsibility,

The new Cuba sanctions law signed by President Clinton March 12 has produced one point of universal

DON'T CHANGERAIL LABOR LAWWhen Moses came down from the mountain with the 10 commandments, t

The abundance of information available on the Internet is often cited as one of the glories of the m

Try this on for size: Winemakers want U.S. consumers to know that drinking wine can be good for you,

U.S. allies around the world are tiring of America's endless Cuba sanctions.At its meeting t

Bashing the United Nations is smart policy in Washington. So is withholding the U.S. contribution to

BUILDING FANCIFULPORT IN BROOKLYNThe emperor has no clothes, and it is time someone told him

President Clinton pledged to renew China's trading rights this week - as expected. U.S. companies si

India has just concluded its 11th national election, an exciting event for the world's largest democ

American business, which creates most U.S. jobs and most of its wealth, is favored to win the scapeg

The Department of Transportation cleared the way Tuesday for another big quasi-merger in the airline

There are some 76 million of us in the United States - baby boomers raised on the milk of unlimited

The Clinton administration should be proud of its China policy. As articulated during the past three

Is it possible that America has finally come up with a good farm policy after 60 years of surpluses

It is one of today's greatest and most dangerous ironies: Just as the level of economic insecurity g

The first Republican Congress in 42 years promised a budget revolution and the first balanced budget