Commentary

WORLD CURRENCY MARKETS have been turbulent for more than two decades, ever since the United States a

Four years ago this summer, Germany was reunited. Without a doubt, the going has been muchtougher th

The Chinese government is not cooperating with President Clinton. He told Beijing quite clearly last

The global assault on the dollar last week was a symbolic vote of no confidence in Washington's lead

A political earthquake hit the Netherlands last week and nobody noticed. Dutch voters rebell

WITH LESS THAN A MONTH to go before his big decision on China's tariff status, Bill Clinton's misgui

A DEFECTIVE PROPOSAL TO FIX SUPERFUNDWe would like to set the record straight regarding your

Last week's massive interventions on behalf of the dollar - coupled with the announced delay of two

Recent presidential elections throughout Central America suggest the region is at a political and ec

THE UNITED STATES recently signed a new world trade pact that, among other things, seeks to liberali

CHINA'S U.S TRADING PRIVILEGES are up for presidential review next month, but Mr. Clinton already ha

U.S. trading partners are expected to inform the State Department this week of their concerns with t

The world economy has undergone a profound change in the past five years, creating distinctly new ch

THE HARD-WON Uruguay Round trade pact did not end the war of words between the United States and the

A recent Louis Harris poll in Mexico indicates that the substitute president- designate, Yale-educat

FINANCIAL MARKETS hate uncertainty, and the United States right now is anuncertain place for

With the help of millions of dollars in lobbying funds, organized labor hassent a message: P

China is poised to take up a massive flood control project that it had put on hold five years ago un

The faint-hearted haven't a chance crossing the street at major intersections in this city - formerl

CANADA MAY BE PART of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but free trade within Canada is still

The cost of complying with environmental regulation has exploded - currently $150 billion and projec

DEFENDING THE MCCARRAN EXEMPTIONThe Alliance of American Insurers takes great exception to y

AMERICA'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL system is safe but creaky. It uses 30-year-old computers andother outd

Yushiyoki Naito, a middle-aged businessman working in the finance industry, was standing on a corner

The Federal Reserve intensified its squeeze on financial markets in April. Total bank reserves decli

The first priority of the new South African government will surely be to establish civil order. Whil

AFTER 16 MONTHS of hinting that government wants to help promising new industries, the Clinton admin

WHO SAYS the world is becoming increasingly homogenous under the relentless pressures of scientific

Imagine a community of nearly 350 million people where decisions are made centrallyon a wide range o

IT'S HARD TO FIND ANY WINNERS in the just-ended Teamsters trucking strike. The freight companies tha

The headlines hardly told the full story when Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Br

THE REMARKABLE, MOSTLY PEACEFUL transfer of power from white to black South Africans is wellunder wa

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY IS WELL MANAGEDAs the chief U.S. negotiator for the Global Environment Fa

America's dismal trade figures this year are deceiving. They simply show that the U.S. economy has r

AIR FRANCE gets plenty of help from its owner, the French government, but that aid won't extend to s

Even with five months left in this congressional session, the calendar is becoming a big factor in t

While Washington is stuck on the idea of pouring more taxpayer dollars into failing public schools,

CUTTING THE DEFICIT, a major preoccupation on Capitol Hill only a year ago, has all but disappeared

America won the Cold War thanks largely to the broad bipartisan consensus on the need to keep the So

The pace of negotiations to merge the eastern networks of CP Rail System and CN North America is pic