Commentary

DESIGNERS of highways and cars are increasingly safety conscious, and so are America's drivers, acco

Europe presented a confused picture to the world last week as parts of the continent gelled and othe

U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown is the latest Western official to sing the praises of Russian Prim

DEFEATING 'SOCIAL CORRECTNESS'After proving its commitment to freer trade with the N

MOST AMERICANS receive their health insurance at work and consider it a great bargain. Thecompany, a

FOR SILVIO BERLUSCONI, the hard part is just beginning. The Italian media tycoon, who led a

The Commerce Department's changes in the way it reports the monthly U.S. foreign trade balance have

Contrary to rumor, the Interstate Commerce Commission is alive and well. And it should remain that w

For more than two decades, scientific evidence has been steadily mounting that smoking leads in a st

Eight miles an hour was the rate of transportation by horse and buggy in 1894. It is also the rate o

Consider India. Its import duties (basic and auxiliary) on textile yarns and fibers run as high as 1

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT BRAZIL that South America's largest country is rarely mentioned as a candidate f

ANOTHER COLD WAR relic fades into history this week. The 17-nation Coordinating Committee on Multila

COMPETITIVENESS MATTERS TO THE USYour March 9 editorial "Do Economies Compete?" argues that

THERE'S NO LOVE LOST between U.S. and European aviation negotiators these days, but that hasn't stop

Defeatism in the boardroom has caused the current recession in Japan. Call it a failure of will or c

Throughout the Cold War, American Sovietologists repeatedly admonished the Soviet Union and Eastern

During the first quarter investors finally recognized the potential for inflation in the Federal Res

INTERNATIONAL TALKS to end shipyard subsidies came to an abrupt halt in Paris last week. Billed as a

In commercial circles, China is chic again. The last such time, in the early 1980s, the excitement w

Europe's love affair with the automobile may soon come to an end. But it won't be an easy parting. W

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION last week averted a major showdown between U.S. environmental laws and wo

You can choose your own moral for the story about the Clintons and their income taxes. It's

INTEL CORP., already the dominant computer chip maker in China, is consolidating its hold. The compa

Wrangling over the content of legislation designed to combat foreign shipbuilding subsidies intensif

The fractious U.S.-Japan trade debate comes down to this: Who gets the high- skill, high-wage jobs?

As the health-care debate rages in Washington, medical technology companies, despite a bruising regu

AFTER ENDLESS AGONIZING over federal budget cuts, it's tempting to think government spending has pre

THE HUGE SETTLEMENT this week of a class-action lawsuit against makers of silicone breast implants w

POISED JUST THREE MONTHS AGO to begin a new economic era, Mexico today faces its most uncertain poli

A backlash against immigrants is whipping through industrial nations, slamming borders shut. The rea

U.S. officials have spent recent months lecturing Chinese leaders on the evils of building a booming

When the United States failed to reach agreement with Japan last month in bilateral framework negoti

The January start of the North American Free Trade Agreement has unleashed a wave of grandstanding i

CONGRESS is ready to grant one of the Clinton administration's fondest wishes: a rapid increase in g

Following the collapse of the U.S.-Japan summit last month, the world held its breath waiting for th

THERE'S HOPE for beleaguered Britons who are terminally nice to others, even to those who take advan

AMERICA'S UNCERTAIN STEEL POLICYIs the Multilateral Steel Agreement dead, as Richard

FOR ALL THE TALK of a pending trade fight with Washington, China's biggest problems remain at home.

It is morning in Latin America. All over the continent, nations are acting to reignite growt