Commentary

NATIONALISM goes only so far when it comes to big-ticket purchases. Last week, KLM Royal Dut

In this topsy-turvy year, Mexican politics has again been turned upside down by the unexpectedly str

My recent visits to the major industrialized nations have given me a firsthand understanding of thei

Natural disasters like last year's Midwestern flood set in motion a complex chain of events that can

IN KEEPING with its New Democrat roots, the Clinton administration often criticizes costly overregul

WHEN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION formed a blue-ribbon panel last year to consider changes in labor la

US FISHING RULES CAUSE TRADE CHAOSYour article, "U.S. Seen Ignoring Call for Dolphin Law Cha

With the disastrous controversy over most-favored-nation status for China now behind it, there's a d

IF REP. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI'S indictment on corruption charges has a silver lining, it's the boost it g

WORKPLACE INJURIES are serious business, and the rules for compensating employees aren't always fair

Without Dan Rostenkowski as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, political wisdom says, t

THE URUGUAY ROUND world trade agreement, which ran a seven-year gauntlet of global politics and prot

In less than two months, there has been a remarkable change in America's public posture toward Japan

Summer is coming, and President Clinton is basking in the warm glow of an expanding economy.The Comm

WAGE CUTS AND OCEAN SHIPPINGIn recent years, the world market has been flooded with seafarer

The future of aviation in the Western Hemisphere will depend in large part on our ability to address

The European Union is facing a growing revolt within its ranks that threatens to escalate into a ful

MAKING RAILWAY BARGAINING EFFECTIVEYour May 16 editorial, "Railroad Wrangling" (Page

IF ENGLAND AND FRANCE can be connected by a Chunnel, why not Russia and the United States? A

AMERICA'S SPY AGENCIES could use a crash course in the realities of the information age. Desperate t

Now that bioengineered tomatoes have sprung from the mating of industry and science, the real questi

Even as it weathers a series of controversies, the new private pension system in Argentina is slowly

The Clinton administration is trying to inject labor issues into the new World Trade Organization, t

NUCLEAR POWER has long since fallen out of favor in the United States, where no new reactors have be

In the next four months, about 25 million Americans will get a lesson in environmentalism,and they w

The Clinton administration previewed this week its drive for congressional approval this year of the

THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID for giving students a practical education, but an elementary schoolteacher

WEAK DEFENSE OF US ANTI-DUMPING LAWSThe "defense" of our anti-dumping law written by

AFTER MONTHS of shouting and pouting, Washington and Tokyo finally have agreed to start discussing t

Greetings from the capital of Europe, the economic basket case of the world. Oh, it's terrib

The Federal Reserve's decision to end its easy money policy has provoked a chorus of misleading comp

EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS are finally cracking down on their telecommunications monopolies. The German go

By June 3, President Clinton and Congress will make a decision concerning China's most-favored-natio

THE UNITED STATES and the European Union have restarted worldwide talks aimed at curbing subsidies t

The United States and the international community have a spectacular opportunity to harness industri

As any American who has flown within Europe knows, air transportation inside the European Union is n

SHIP SAFETY REGULATORS are finally learning that embarrassing publicity can be a powerful tool for b

"BRAND X" does not exist in Czechoslovakia - at least not in television ads. A Prague court

In his recent opinion article, A. James Barnes, a former deputy administrator of the Environmental P

If there is one thing the federal government has a proven ability to do, it is to launch massive new