Commentary

Next year the United States celebrates the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. With that in

TALKS BETWEEN the United States and Canada over tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway are over - Canada l

With a Democratic president facing a Republican Congress, and a presidential election on the horizon

CANADA'S DECISION to pull Country Music Television from the airwaves to help a competing domestic br

HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRADE IN ROMANIAYour Nov. 18 article on human rights in Romania sug

A CHEERFUL HOLIDAY MESSAGE comes this year from an unlikely source: the usually subdued economists a

The United States exports a variety of goods, ranging from apples to autos, hay cubes to heavy machi

The specter of a Canadian-style rout now faces the British government as the traditionally Tory-supp

he of the red costume, twinkling eyes and astonishing feats of reindeer transport - was not always t

WHEN THE NEW WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION opens for business next week, the world's most populous countr

After a long delay, new financial guarantee requirements under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990(OPA-90)

Not being a politician, I can say anything I like about Social Security - even the truth. And the tr

New trade negotiating authority for President Clinton will be one of the many issues competing for s

By the year 2005, if all goes well, we will have the FTAA - the Free Trade Area of the Americas, rea

It is not written in the stars that whenever Americans take up a political debate they must do so in

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA may soon break up one of their biggest trade logjams: the dispute over

BUILDING UP THE US FLEETThe United States remains the world's largest importer and e

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform has come and gone, leavingbarely a m

President Clinton's proposed $60 billion "Middle Class Bill of Rights" is a mostly sensible set of s

Who says art doesn't imitate life? "The Salaryman Who Became Naked," a musical that is drawing huge

MOST OF Central and Eastern Europe have cause to celebrate this month, and not only because of Chris

The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and the fallout from it have substantially shaken up the interstate tr

ANOTHER AFTERSHOCK from the Nov. 8 earthquake rolled through Washington this week. Five major federa

MERCHANT MARINE: KEY TO US DEFENSEI am incensed. I am trying to figure out what plan

THE EARLY VERSION of President Clinton's new federal downsizing project looks promising, especially

WITH BUDGET-CUTTING all the rage in Washington, lawmakers are taking special aim at cargo preference

Last week Jacques Delors took a highly unusual step for a modern politician: He put his country and

Having fed the American economy a three-quarter point increase in interest rates a few weeks ago, Fe

THE CULTURE WARS with Canada may be heating up. Westinghouse Electric Corp., owner of CountryMusic T

JAPAN'S TRADE BARRIERS may irritate Americans, but they should anger Japanese consumers far more. A

Mexico's newly inaugurated president, Ernesto Zedillo, is out to prove to the world that he is firml

Those who fear GATT and international trade should remember Nathan Rothschild, the Battle of Waterlo

A quiet revolution is under way in America's municipal water treatment industry. As federalsubsidies

Congressional approval of GATT on Dec. 1 signaled the start of a new relationship between the United

On Nov. 9, the morning after Election Day, Washington awoke a changed city. Some things, however, ha

THE GREAT AMERICAN TAX-CUTTING CONTEST is on. This week, President Clinton and incoming House Minori

AMTRAK'S PLAN to streamline its operations is nothing short of dramatic. The nation's passenger rail

PRESIDENT CLINTON TONIGHT will raise the ante on Republicans in Congress. For the last month, GOP la

NEEDED: SENSIBLE OSHA REFORMWith a new wave of Republicans poised to take over Congr

Welcome to Great Nafta Debate II. Now almost one year in force, how's Nafta doing? Is the No