Commentary

The American people, it seems, are in no mood for a birthday party. Rather, Earth Day 25 catches us

FOUR OLD SHIPS owned by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. of Tampa will head for scrap yards in the Far East

PRESIDENT CLINTON struck the right chord when he was asked Tuesday evening how the government should

CUSTOMS: PROGRESS WITH AUTOMATIONI was distressed to read Eric Hirschhorn's March 28

Massachusetts Governor William Weld recently asked for federal disaster aid for his state's coastal

Nafta we have. Maybe someday there will be an Afta, even a Safta. And how about a Tafta, too?

America is about to pass a dubious milestone. In the next few months, federal, state and local gover

Brazil's president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, is in Washington this week fresh from his first 100 d

THE WORLD'S major nations, fresh from a $50 billion rescue package for Mexico, are looking for ways

THE PARADE of U.S. officials traveling to India continued this week with a visit by Treasury Secreta

She leaned toward me and lowered her voice in a conspiratorial tone. The picture of elegance, my 70-

REPUBLICANS hunting for regulatory horror stories need look no further than the Commerce Department,

This past winter, all eyes were on the United States and China as they traded threats of trade retal

AMTRAK DESERVES MORE SUPPORTYour March 30 editorial, "Amtrak's Future" (Page 10A), c

Jacques Chirac, who has been mayor of Paris for 18 years, once said, "What we have done for Paris wi

POLITICIANS WAX NOSTALGIC about small companies as engines of job growth and keepers of the entrepre

UPS TALKS MEXICO'S LAST HOPE UPS officials are expected to meet today with the Mexican gover

The dollar continued its death-defying plunge against the Japanese and German currencies last week w

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's relatively transparent and resounding victory in last Sunday's

FIDEL CASTRO knows how to get Bill Clinton's attention. Faced with a congressional plan to tighten t

It's been observed that the art of taxation isn't too dissimilar to plucking a goose: You seek the g

Since Republicans gained control of Congress, America has been focused on the ''Contract With Americ

BRAZIL'S NEW PRESIDENT, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, visits Washington next week to meet with Presiden

Commercial disputes between nations are nothing new, but the high seas fishing feud between Canada a

RAILROADING TODAY is testament to the power of competition and market pricing. After nearly disappea

With showmanship reminiscent of car dealerships' TV ads for 72-hour ''sellathons," the House Republi

Mexico's first trade surplus in four years might seem to confirm one of the arguments against the No

The Federal Reserve has been much in the news lately, charging around the foreign exchange landscape

UNILATERAL SANCTIONS DO NOT WORKSince I am quoted in your April 4 article on Iranian

The European Union lost the fish war with Canada the minute the Canadian coast guard arrested the Sp

Who has done more to alleviate poverty, Fidel Castro or Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express?<

IT WASN'T LONG AGO that hardly anyone could envision a U.S. dollar trading for less than 100Japanese

One of the enduring mysteries of our capitalism is the tendency of corporations and their philanthro

Last year, the Clinton administration asked Congress to provide new trade negotiating authority to r

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, like international trade, has taken off like a rocket in the last 25 years

RUSSIA desperately needs foreign investment, but you wouldn't know it from the tax treatment of fore

The United States and the European Union are likely to cooperate more closely on antitrustmatters bu

Big businesses fishing for changes in ocean shipping antitrust law have steered a clever course in t

The past few months have been fascinating and challenging ones for anyone who pretends to understand

SEN. RICHARD LUGAR isn't considered a leading candidate for the 1996 Republican presidential nominat