Commentary

Bold vision or pipe dream? A group of 16 "eminent persons" from 15 Asia-Pacific countries pl

COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN has had a busy week brokering deals for U.S. companies in China. The re

Bill Clinton's election brought renewed hope and expectations to organized labor. Unions representin

THERE IS A CLEAR LINE between promoting U.S. exports, which Ron Brown is doing in China thisweek, an

American voters sent Bill Clinton to the White House largely because he promised to create "good job

Unlike the United States, Japan provides medical coverage for everyone, citizens and foreign residen

AS EXPECTED, striking railroad workers at the Soo Line Railroad have run to the government for help.

When the Berlin Wall crumbled in late 1989, many people spoke glowingly of the prospects for interna

FIDEL CASTRO has an excuse for everything. Last week, as thousands of Cubans fled the island

THE LAST 10 YEARS have been volatile ones for the European Union, lurching as it has from Single Mar

DREDGING NEEDS REALISTIC SOLUTIONYour recent articles discussing the endorsement by environm

As school bells ring across the country, it is an appropriate time to reflect upon the plight of Ame

After basking in the hottest summer in decades, Europe is enjoying yet another unexpected treat: eco

It has become a cliche among political analysts that the old ideological categories don't mean much

BY ANY MEASURE, public education in the United States is a big business. It employs 2.5 million teac

Last week's national elections here produced an emphatic victory for Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon,

There's growing talk that Rep. Sam Gibbons, D-Fla., may not be anointed as expected next year as the

EMBARGOES are only as strong as their weakest link, as Canada's thriving trade with Cuba is proving.

THE SOO LINE RAILROAD, which crisscrosses America's Midwest, is in the 43rd day of an increasingly b

What will Washington turn to once Congress and its staff have recovered from their labors on the cri

China's leader Deng Xiaoping celebrated his 90th birthday this month, even as the "news"that he is c

Mexico's President Carlos Salinas ends his six-year term this year by adding democratic reform to hi

Argentina finds itself uncomfortably in the international spotlight - not for battling hyperinflatio

Russian television has been blanketed for months by the happy financial exploits of LyonyaGolubkov,

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference, where the framework for the

FISHING FLEETS around the world are busily working toward their own demise. For years, scien

Action by the Federal Reserve System to boost short-term interest rates will make a tight monetary p

It's 4:30 in the morning as I emerge from my tent at a mountain pass just below Okuhotaka, Japan's t

HOUSE REPUBLICANS cried "Pork!" during the crime bill debate, but another brand of bacon _the highwa

American industry is making the painful but necessary transition to a more competitive global market

The fate of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which regulates the nation's trucking and railroad i

SOUTH AFRICA'S democratically elected government is a welcome change after decades of white dominati

TRUCKERS FIGHT FUEL TAX EVASIONI am writing in regard to your Aug. 11 article, "US Steps Up

THE BIG TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL moving through the Senate would boost competition for industries onc

"The final insult" was how one senior British maritime industry official privately summed up his vie

As Congress gets down to the wire on health care reform, most Americans find themselves dismayed at

THE UNITED NATIONS does many things well, but regulating private markets is not one of them.

Pressure is growing in Congress for withholding repayment of some $450 million owed Canada in a long

Every six years Mexico goes through a political upheaval in which a new leader is selected for the n

We've been hearing, with an intensifying drumbeat, how Asia-Pacific is tomorrow's market. Well, not