Commentary

THE FRACTIOUS FAMILY known as the European Union has just concluded one of its periodic gatherings t

What a difference a year makes. This time last year, socialized medicine was on a roll. Hillary Clin

Pocketbook Patriot or Protectionist? Stephen Lande, one-time U.S. trade negotiator now inter

CHINA is working hard to join the World Trade Organization in Geneva, but it is neglecting a trade p

WASHINGTON AND TOKYO are famous for their 11th hour trade deals, and Wednesday's auto feud was a typ

CAPITALIZING ON US INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIPI would like to share my views on Sen. Chris

Future historians may well look back at today, June 29, 1995 - the day that the American President L

LOOK FOR U.S. AUTO SALES in Japan to rise sharply over the next few years - but not because of anyth

For all the media circus about the federal budget, Washington is not likely to restore the nation's

As a heavyweight contender stepped forward Monday to challenge John Major's leadership, what seemed

The first anti-dumping law - a law imposing duties on imports priced below the price in their home m

EVEN WITH MEXICO'S financial problems, Nafta clearly has been beneficial to its three North American

Before the end of the year, commuters traveling State Route 91 from Riverside County through Orange

KEEPING A STRONG US-FLAG PRESENCEI read with great interest Admiral Albert Herberger

It's their first European Union summit, but the newcomers - Austria, Sweden and Finland - already ar

CHINA has tried several times in recent years to streamline its money-losing public companies, witho

The Clinton administration, seeking to make positive news at this week's sub- summit meeting in Mosc

THE 55-MPH NATIONAL SPEED LIMIT, which many motorists routinely ignore, may soon be scrapped. The Se

FEDERAL ROBBERY OF HIGHWAY FUNDSYour May 31 editorial, "Transport and the Budget" (P

As Congress revamps telecommunications law for the 21st century, the air is full of fine talk about

SHIPOWNERS and the Clinton administration are playing a game of hot potato with stowaways. Neither s

THE GLOBAL telecommunications web grew tighter Thursday with Deutsche Telekom's announcement that it

Question: When is a global trade liberalization deal not a liberalization deal? Answer: When

If any proof is needed that OPEC, the once-feared Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, is

SAVE VITAL COMMERCE DEPT. PROGRAMSYour May 24 editorial, "Re-engineering Commerce,"

The political reaction to President Clinton's alternative proposal last week for balancing the feder

THE REBIRTH of U.S. railroading has been one of the great business success stories of the last decad

The recent intervention by the United States and other central banks in the foreign exchange markets

CHALK ONE UP for democracy in Chile. Chile's military, which coexists uneasily with the nati

The U.S. airline industry this month will proudly carry the 10 billionth passenger in commercial avi

KEEP THE ALASKA OIL EXPORT BANYour June 9 editorial, "The Alaska Oil Flap" (Page 10A

The financial community should focus on the power struggle at the Federal Reserve over whether and w

FIRST AUTOS, now aviation. The Clinton administration Monday threatened sanctions against Japanese a

The West may grumble about its relationship with Russia but it should at least take heart that Russi

The wires connecting Baby Boomer brains to reality have never been very securely fastened. More evid

The ill-conceived proposal by Rep. Dick Chrysler (R-Mich.) to eliminate the Commerce Department is b

IN BETWEEN FIGHTS over Bosnia and Chechnya, the leaders at the Halifax economic summit actually spen

Fidel Castro's Cuba slowly is opening up, but not like a red rose blooming. Instead, picture a creak

The newest economic data appear to point straight to recession. Payrolls declined by 101,000 workers

THE FIGHT for control of the AFL-CIO may be the best thing to happen to the American labor movement