Commentary

THE GATT TRADE PACT has become a political orphan, abandoned for now by lawmakers too cravento cast

ECONOMIC REFORMS often seem to take a step backward for every two steps forward. Consider th

Struggling to help Russia solve its economic woes, American policy-makers grumble the world has neve

Of the top 1,000 U.S. companies listed by Forbes magazine in 1980, half were no longer in business u

GOVERNMENT IS FILLED with programs that don't work well, including many tied to the U.S. shipping in

LIMITING SUPERFUND LITIGATIONWhile decrying the tax on insurers in the proposed Superfund Re

Many of the letters sent to the Customs Service these days involve the reorganization of the agency,

What should the United States do about immigration? In the abstract, it's hard enough. In reality, i

A year ago, President Clinton went before Congress and promised the nation a free lunch: a huge expa

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES finally may vote this week - perhaps as early as today - on the bill im

AMERICAN INGENUITY is alive and well. Consider Richard Cawley, who had the misfortune eight years ag

The trend toward freer world trade is becoming more expensive and complicatedbecause of inte

When President Clinton told the United Nations the United States would lift international sanctions

Europe's been getting a bad press lately after its leaders were hijacked into a brawl over the shape

SO MUCH FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY SCARE. For months now, opponents of the pending world trade agreement ha

This week's meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Madrid takes place on the 5

The bill authorizing $1 billion in new operating subsidies for ship lines may be stuck on a Senate s

OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS that have emerged recently for revitalizing the World Bank, onestands out

President Clinton's version of Superfund reform is a perfect example of Uncle Sam throwinggood money

With Americans concerned about murders, robberies, rapes and muggings, the government is busy lookin

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, fighting mightily to save the Uruguay Round trade agreement from defeat

Earlier this week, about 150 Republican members of Congress and 200 Republican challengers signed a

Action to remake the nation's health-care delivery system is ostensibly dead this year, given its la

FEAR OF FLYING grips millions of travelers every year, but as this week's European ferry accident pr

The meetings this week between Presidents Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin demonstrate the incredible

PRESIDENT CLINTON, in another eleventh-hour save, is getting behind the Uruguay Round world trade pa

Financial markets are braced for a shock when, as now expected, the United States imposes trade sanc

SECRETS OF JAPAN'S BUSINESS SUCCESSThe titles of two articles in your Sept. 15 edition - "Be

In the waning hours of the 103rd Congress, the Clinton administration is trying to rush through impl

DISCRIMINATION against women in the workplace is nothing new, but among industrialized countries Jap

Next week, the gurus of international finance will gather at the Campo de las Naciones in Madrid for

HEALTH REFORM is dead for now, and many Americans are justifiably relieved. Toward the endof that ma

The food stalls are a bit grimy, with grease embedded in the aluminum countertops. The bang of the s

CHINA AND TAIWAN, at odds with each other for the past 45 years, are gradually learning towork toget

Next week the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes to confront one of the simplest but most vexing employme

WHAT A DIFFERENCE a year makes in Moscow. Last fall, a hostile Russian Parliament was plotting to sa

When President Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin meet today for their third summit, U.S. i

This week brings a moment of truth for the Clinton administration's trade negotiators. They came int

WHAT WILL IMPROVE American education? It's not spending more money on schools, according to a study

British ferry companies have become so disturbed about the welfare of sheep, pigs and cattle shipped