Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Financial markets have spent the first two months of 1995 celebrating a "soft landing." A soft landi

In an increasingly interdependent global economy, seemingly unrelated events can mesh in unexpected

FMC DOES SHIPPERS NO FAVORSJames Marceda's March 7 letter reminded me of two things

PACIFIC RIM NATIONS announced ambitious plans last November to forge a free trade agreement in the a

EXPORTS ARE A PRIORITY everywhere but in Alaska, which is barred by federal law from selling its mos

DENVER'S AIRPORT AND VISIONARY LEADERSHIPI want to correct misconceptions readers ma

Unless Congress steadfastly resists clamoring interest groups and sharply cuts federal spending, Ame