Commentary

With the Republican victory in 1994 has come a renewed interest in limited government. In particular

FRANCE AT LAST is reacting to the end of the Cold War, announcing a shake-up in its defense establis

1996 is shaping up as a pivotal year for the North American Free Trade Agreement.After playi

SHOOTING DOWN unarmed civilian aircraft is a foolish way for Fidel Castro to build good will with th

Once upon a time, a shipbuilder in Bremen decided to triple its size, swallowing competing shipyards

SHIPPING CARTELSARE ANACHRONISMSIn his Feb. 14 opinion article, ''Rate-Fixing and Ocean Ship

The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to consider an amendment to U.S. trade laws later thi

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES are partners in a free trade agreement, yet their new lumber deal is an

An accident of timing may have contributed to the gyrations in the stock market last week that follo

THE WORLD'S TWO BIGGEST diamond producers, DeBeers and Russia, signed an agreement last week that ma

It is highly unusual for the public to learn of a pending U.S. weapons sale before Congress is forma

PAT BUCHANAN'S CAMPAIGN against imports has made headlines all week, but the Department of Agricultu

So yours is a face only a mother could love. Well, someday soon that little problem may be your magi

The most disturbing aspect of Pat Buchanan's stunning rise in the GOP presidential campaign is the s

PATRICK BUCHANAN stands astride the Republican presidential field. No candidate inspires his support

Since the 1980s, partisans of free enterprise have been stymied by the malicious budget rule known a

Forty years ago, when Jonas Salk developed the vaccine that prevented polio and immortalized his nam

MANY LESSONS can be drawn from any train collision in which lives are lost. One of them is that regu

In the early 1990s, America's export control system finally was working well. The government's licen

THE UNITED STATES is not taking last month's defeat before the World Trade Organization lying down.

In the 1992 election, the big issue was "the economy, stupid." Now, pundits are saying the president

The U.S. dollar continues to rise against the Japanese yen, rebounding to 107 yen last week after re

JAPAN'S ECONOMY finally may show signs of life this year, but the aftereffects of recession continue

AFTER SEVEN YEARS of promises, the United States again has ignored a pledge to its largest trading p

AS A LOBBYIST, EPPARD 'GETS RESULTS'I have just finished reading your Feb. 8 article on Ann

The privatization of British Rail is degenerating into a farce as the discovery of financial irregul

An editing error near the end of Warren Grimes' article, "Rate-Fixing and Ocean Shipping" (Feb. 14,

In a campaign year where fear of falling living standards is a hot issue, many Americans might be sh

IT'S BEEN A BAD FEW MONTHS for France, what with public sector strikes and the international outcry

AT DUSTY ROADSIDE checkpoints, bands of local officials are trying to roll back the North American F

America's "sweet-and-sour" relationship with China has curdled again, with a host of issues, ranging

CONGRESSMAN BUD SHUSTER'S cozy relationship with an aide-turned-lobbyist gives a skeptical public a

President Clinton has just signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law - the largest single c

Nudged by the West, Romania is at last embarking on a massive privatization program, following the l

Would that every personnel decision were as easy as renominating Alan Greenspan for chairman of the

BORIS YELTSIN surprised no one Thursday by announcing that he will seek another term as president of

Despite his weak showing in the Iowa caucuses, Steve Forbes' flat tax remains a hot issue on the cam

It's a place where most people earn well under $1,000 a year, where one of every two citizens is ill

KFC THREATENS INDIA'S WAY OF LIFEOn Jan. 30, the anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi's death, far

FELIX ROHATYN is not pleased that Republicans killed his expected nomination as vice chairman of the