Commentary

TO SAY HANDS HAVE BEEN WRINGING in London since Bill Clinton became president would be to exaggerate

Cuba's transition to a market economy and a democratic government already has begun, and it will acc

REPEAL SUPERFUND'S LIABILITY SCHEMEYour Feb. 17 editorial, "Cleaning Up Superfund,"

Undaunted by their loss in a similar lawsuit over the North American Free Trade Agreement, environme

Not content with trying to run the American economy, President Clinton and his fellow would-be plann

FRANCE, which has taken trade protectionism to new levels, is at it again. The French govern

PAPERWORK REDUCTION FOR OCEAN TARIFFS?I wish the people who prepare ocean tariffs had to use

The call came Saturday afternoon. My friend of some 20 years was distraught. He had been tol

IT WON'T BE LONG NOW before Washington grants banks a privilege long enjoyed by hamburger chains, vi

Most Americans these days hit the mute button on the TV remote when commercials come on. But if you

The Feb. 7 Teamsters strike against United Parcel Service revealed deep flaws in our methods for set

TRANSFERRING RUSSIAN BUSINESSES from government hands to private owners has been one of Boris Yeltsi

IN PRINCIPLE, everyone supports the notion of a balanced federal budget. Almost no one, however, has

RAILROADS RETAIN HARD-LINE POSITIONSI'm writing in response to Larry Kaufman's Feb. 2 column

As Japan tries to figure out what its next step should be, how to avoid a trade war and how to deal

WITH THE VIETNAM trade embargo gone, America's other great Cold War trading ban - with Cuba - deserv

After years of denial, Wall Street has suddenly discovered the threat of latent inflation inthe U.S.

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's Feb. 4 decision to raise interest rates one- quarter of a point prompt

The European Commission broke cover last week, hitting the headlines after several weeks languishing

IT'S NO SIMPLE MATTER these days to distinguish capitalists from left-wingers in Europe. Con

The American cottage industry that forecasts economic doom or glory is at it again. Based on the str

HOLD ON to your wallet: Another global industry is joining hands to cut production and boost prices.

In his Feb. 11 opinion article, "Why Japan Hates Trade Targets" (Page 6A), Stanton Anderson, a Washi

Scrutinize the name of this parliament member from Prague, this scientist and linguist with a pencha

Last Friday President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa met at the White House and t

THE NEXT TIME your local member of Congress says, "We've cut the federal budget to the bone," respon

BOEING AND MCDONNELL DOUGLAS make fine airplanes, and it was encouraging to see them win a new $6 bi

Free trade purists are about to have a field day: Just keep track of how many times editorial writer

BETTER COOPERATION FOR AIR CARGOAir carriers and freight forwarders must work togeth

THE FEDERAL SUPERFUND program, which aims to clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites, has been like

SOMETHING SMELLS along the French coasts, where commercial fishermen have been staging violent strik

The birds do it, the bees do it, why don't we do it - let's bash Japan. Hey, what's all the

Four years ago, conservative Japanese political maverick Shintaro Ishihara and Sony Chairman Akio Mo

THE UNITED STATES threatens trade wars about as often as the seasons change. Japan is in the cross-h

A portrait of changing Mexico: Capital is flowing into the country as its foreign-trained leaders ab

This year could be the year America's health-care system is dramatically reformed, but it is more li

The failure of trade talks last week between President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro

TRANSIT STUDIES ARE MISLEADINGNothing makes a clearer case for the Federal Transit Administr

Whether by bad luck or poor judgment, the British government is being torn apart by scandal after sc

THE FIRST U.S. INVESTMENT MISSION to South Africa arrives in Johannesburg this weekend amid new poli