Commentary

NEWT GINGRICH has lobbed a grenade into the GATT trade debate. The House Minority Whip, who

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

So whom to believe when it comes to grading the world economy? The ministers of state, the chief of

The Clinton administration's inconsistent approach toward Bosnia has triggered an outpouring of angr

From a competitive point of view, the good news for the American aircraft industry is that a team of

U.S. COMPANIES love America's anti-dumping laws, not because there's much dumping going on but becau

CANADIAN GRAIN is pouring into the United States, and American wheat farmers are up in arms. As with

I am astounded at the spin that Japanese officials have put on the failure of trade talks with the U

FORTY-SIX YEARS of white domination has left most South African blacks with the worst of everything.

Fidel Velazquez Sanchez, the redoubtable leader of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), just

The main theme of modern, politically correct America is fairness. The cheerleaders for schemes to s

TAXPAYERS, who support a vast army of federal employees, can consider this as they trudge to work to

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the second government of Japan's eight-month-old ruling coalition to begin t

SHIPPING LINES traditionally viewed ocean trading lanes as a one-way affair. Hence, the conferences,

European port authorities and shipping lines are in a head-to-head fight with highly sophisticated a

At one time, a duel at 30 paces was the preferred method of dispute resolution. The result was speed

PRICE-FIXING IN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRYYour April 20 editorial, "Pricing Insurance" (Page 6A),

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY often used legitimate companies to hide its clandestine Cold War ope

From Feb. 3 to April 18 this year, the Dow-Jones index fell by 358 points and the yield on 30-year T

THE YEARS-LONG QUEST by the United States and other major steel exporting nations for a multilateral

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators began another round of peace talks in Cairo last week, under the

COMMON SENSE has taken a bath in Los Angeles, where a nightclub was ordered to shut down its main at

The phrase "labor protection" invokes visions of somehow protecting hard- working men and women from

DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, exposed one of the government'

Twenty years ago, it was anathema in the environmental movement to consider economics when debating

As the saying goes, "If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT in the United States evokes a strong reaction from many Americans. Some, like sta

It's been a little over 30 years since Milton Friedman published Capitalism and Freedom. In his book

SMALL COMPANIES may not have the resources of larger firms, but they find ways to compete. Consider

CLINTON'S CLUMSY CHINA POLICYDon Becker's March 23rd "Publisher's Notebook" (Page 12A) is ri

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor fired the latest salvo in the war against bribery and kickba

One year ago this month, President Clinton signed the bill creating the National Commission to Ensur

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan announced Monday morning that "the Federal Reserve will increase slightl

FOR NEARLY half a century, insurance companies have enjoyed a broad exemptionfrom federal an

Last September I traveled around the Tsugaru Plain in Aomori Prefecture, a major rice-producing area

For all his moxie, Harry Truman would never have made it in Mexican politics. In Mexico, the

At the commencement of the Uruguay Round in 1986, the Reagan administration attempted to add worker

A CONTAINERSHIP sailing from Northern Europe to the United States last month skipped a scheduled sto

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the European Union to capitalize on a trade-related gaffe last year by the C

The European Union's five-year fixation with its northern and eastern neighbors could cost it dearly