Commentary

It's time to start paying attention to what's stirring in the Indian Ocean. Now that the Pac

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, San Francisco's bustling seaport helped make it one of the world's great ci

Some congressional observers wonder why Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., chairman of the House Transportatio

CANADA has called a halt to strikes and lockouts that have paralyzed its rail system and threatened

EUROPE'S cultural protectionists have struck again, persuading the EuropeanCommission to tig

In its first three months, the 104th Congress has taken no action to renew the ''fast track" authori

The vision of true regional peace in the Middle East grows more distant by the day in most Arab coun

Major league baseball's owners and players are making a last-ditch attempt to settle their differenc

THE HUE AND CRY OVER PROPOSED CUTSYour Jan. 18 article entitled "DOT Distances Itsel

AGRICULTURE SECRETARY nominee Dan Glickman is hardly a barn-burner when it comes to moving American

IF THE RICH NATIONS run the new World Trade Organization like they ran the search for its first lead

Japan is back in America's sights. Washington's favorite trade target had moved off the front pages

We've got an awful lot of unhappy people out there. Take E. Martin Duggan, director of the S

AIR FRANCE, France's money-losing national airline, faces a chicken-and-egg problem. When it is even

UKRAINE, cast adrift when the Soviet Union died, is slowly regaining its bearings. Spurred by a new

The devil arrives in a baseball cap, or sometimes a fisherman's sweater, or on occasion a business s

Money is tight and may get tighter. The New York Times says that four of the seven members of the Fe

On Feb. 26, after months of hard negotiations and billion-dollar threats of retaliation and counter-

DEREGULATION IS NO PANACEA IN JAPANI would like to respond to assertions in a Feb. 2

Former Mexican President Carlos Salinas' precipitous departure for the United States following the a

The British pound has remained effectively on the sidelines during the upheavals in the foreign exch

IF THERE IS A SILVER LINING in the nation's persistent budget woes, it is this: After decades of sub

A feud is breaking out between two House Republican leaders over the future of transportation fundin

In this high season of government-bashing, some attention should be given to a neglected reality, na

CALIFORNIA is drying out after a week of floods that killed 14 people and ravaged property. Predicta

BILL CLINTON acted on principle in blocking Conoco's oil deal with Iran. But he also further muddled

Mexico's current economic troubles can not hide an important fact: For more than a decade, we have b

FIGHTING ABUSES IN AIRLINE ADVERTISINGSuppose The Journal of Commerce offered a two-

A new world order may be eluding politicians and diplomats, but it has arrived in the world of inter

In its efforts to promote a successor to Peter Sutherland as director general of the World Trade Org

CANADA'S FISHY FORAY into gunboat diplomacy has allowed a quiet nation to flex its muscles on the wo

THE WORLD BANK, along with the GATT and the International Monetary Fund, has done much to boost glob

THE FMC IMPEDES EFFICIENT SHIPPINGThe letter in your March 7 edition from James Marc

Right now, most Americans are going through the unwelcome ritual of figuring out their income taxes.

Last week brought a sight even more startling than congressmen trying to cut federal spending. The S

Peter Sutherland was scheduled to step down today as head of the World Trade Organization,yet there

IN THE FIGHT against aimless regulations, score a point for the Transportation Department. Secretary

CORPORATE SUBSIDIES and tax breaks cost taxpayers billions of dollars a year, but so far neither has

Traders have hammered the dollar in recent weeks, but obituaries for the U.S. currency are premature

Browsing through a newspaper is a relatively enjoyable pastime for most people. Granted reading abou