Commentary

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

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

US OFFICIALS WRONGLY CRITICIZE MEXICOI consider the recent complaints of John Harris, commer

MOST U.S EXPORTERS should prosper from the new GATT trade deal, but the results for Americanfarm exp

Germany's governing coalition has hung onto power with a majority that is anything but the convincin

The discovery of oil in Colombia's Cusiana oil field presents both an important opportunity and a po

Imagine, if you will, a midterm election in which the president's party can take the normal chunk of

UNDER FIRE FROM REGULATORS on two continents, the government-approved cartel that dominates North At

GOOD RIDDANCE TO TONNAGE TAX PLANA tip of the hat for your Sept. 23 editorial on the ill-con

RIVAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES are starting to pry open Japan's communications market, which has long bee

Pity Mexico's presidents. During their six-year term they boast the powers of a British monarch, a U

LAST SUMMER'S Soo Line strike, the longest railroad shutdown in 16 years, needn't have happened. Arb

Most reports out of Russia recently have been encouraging. Foreign investment is up, privatization i

THE OPINION-WRITING BUSINESS can be dangerous in Singapore, as a visiting American has discovered.

In spite of a concerted effort in the last few weeks of the 103rd Congress, legislation to reform th

An extraordinary midsummer surge in business inventories appears to have propelled the nation's outp

The spectacular plunge and equally bizarre ascent of the Russian ruble last week provided the world

Health-care reform is dead and buried on Capitol Hill. But the cost-shaving part of it isalive and r

Last month, Chiquita Brands International petitioned the Clinton administration to investigate banan

ANOTHER GERMAN ELECTION, another victory for Helmut Kohl. But for Germany's chancellor andhis ruling

Political campaigns are often shrill and negative, and sometimes political opponents distort the fac

As policy-makers struggle to find answers for Haiti's deep-seated problems, they are likely tooverlo

In a surreptitious, late-night maneuver, congressional staff members at the House MerchantMarine and

AMERICA'S SOCIAL SECURITY system is not the only public pension plan that's heading for a cliff. The

BRITAIN took a small step last week toward resuming talks with the United States on improving access

As President Jean-Bertrand Aristide prepares for his uncertain political future in Haiti, healready

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former finance minister and author of Brazil's economic stabilization pla

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY TRAFFIC ON THE RISEAfter reading the Oct. 11 letter to the edito

RUSTY, BROKEN-DOWN SHIPS are a common - and disturbing - sight on the world's oceans. Even more dist

At first, cleaning up the air and water was easy. Most of the burden was on big companies oron citie

DETROIT'S AUTOMAKERS are in high gear. Three years after posting record losses, the Big Three are on

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin launched a full-scale search Wednesday for a culprit to blame for th

A NEW TACTIC FOR MARITIME REFORMIn a recent article you quoted Mark Aron, senior vice presid

Congressional inaction sometimes deserves high praise. Congress recently let stand a Department of D

One of the great myths of U.S. politics is that high-wage American workers cannot compete in the glo

The anti-dumping and countervailing-duty laws (AD/CVD) provide protection to domestic firms from imp

PUBLICITY can be a powerful weapon against unsafe ships, as maritime nations are discovering.

In these hard times, what's wrong about an ambitious university lobbying in Washington fora couple o

ECONOMISTS don't agree on very much, but there's a growing sense that many of the best economic idea

Perhaps never again will the millions of European vacationers, truck drivers, day trippers and other