Commentary

EUROPE'S BIGGEST POWERS are under attack from the air. The United States this week pledged to negoti

What kind of year was it for the international trade community on Capitol Hill? Let's try the F-word

HE'S BA-A-A-CK. John Dingell, the formidable chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Commi

Last week's Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty not only ends the state of war between the two countries,

LABOR'S WORKPLACE INNOVATIONSThough provocative, your Labor Day editorial on the cha

Haiti's labor unions have thus far been overlooked in the plans to rebuild Haiti. Having demonstrate

OPEN MARKETS have always been just a rumor in the world clothing trade. A half century of global dea

COUNTERFEITERS of textiles, computers, pharmaceuticals and other goods will have a toughertime of it

The Clinton administration is threatening to impose restrictive quotas on imports of wool coats from

The White House is orchestrating yet another effort to block the Federal Reserve from further increa

The sprawling ethics controversy that is surrounding and threatening the government of British Prime

The Uruguay Round - the most recent round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and

It was bound to happen. As soon as Republicans running for Congress this fall unveiled their"Contrac

LIKE THE ICE that clogs it every winter, the St. Lawrence Seaway is obstructed the rest of the year

When American and North Korean negotiators broke 40 years of tension to sign an accord in Geneva, th

A NEW WORLD of personal communications is about to emerge. In early December, the Federal Communicat

With a week to go before Election Day, the Uruguay Round has not emerged as much of an issue in most

Mario Cuomo's proposal to nationalize Lilco, the Long Island Lighting Co., is bad news for New Yorke

Recent media attacks on The Body Shop and on Anita and Gordon Roddick, the leaders of a social movem

THE PEACE AGREEMENT between Israel and Jordan is another important step in the transformation of the

AIR FRANCE, the coddled French national airline, is still trying to block access by foreign airlines

Liberals, who believe the nation's well-being requires more and more government, are stilltraumatize

The elections are shaping up to be a referendum. Not on Bill Clinton or even on the Democratic Party

ANOTHER LOOK AT FOREIGN TRADE ZONESAs someone who has been involved in the planning,

TRUCKING COMPANIES will have more economic freedom in 1995 than ever before. For many, the cutbacks

It's back. Just when global warming appeared to have suffered the same fate as the global cooling sc

Regional free trade is an idea that has taken hold among Western Hemisphere governments. Nearly ever

It wasn't supposed to be this way, but the dollar is again hitting new lows relative to the Japanese

American voters are fighting mad, and they don't care who knows it. Despite good gains in total empl

REAL FACTS ON FOREIGN TRADE ZONESYour Aug. 19 article, "Free Trade Zones Have Mixed Record"

THE RESULTS ARE IN on the first labor disputes brought for review under the North American Free Trad

INDIA, like many developing countries, needs roads and bridges, but officials in New Delhi are using

AMERICA'S ANTI-DUMPING LAW, that great black hole of the U.S. trading system, sucks in anything that

Scientists mean well. Seeing humanity swilling down coffee, tea and other caffeine-rich products in

The European Union will flesh out its new strategy for extending the bloc's frontiers into Eastern E

CHINA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM is largely government-controlled, but foreign companies are making inroads.

After Japanese auto imports were held off for years with hard-fought trade agreements, export restra

MANY VOTERS in Norway and Sweden are getting cold feet over joining the European Union. The

The dollar is worth less than 100 yen, a barrier it first broke in early August. Even as thegreenbac

MIKE ESPY, the outgoing secretary of Agriculture, launched a long overdue reorganization anddownsizi