Commentary

As the House and Senate try to reconcile their differences over the president's tax package, the adm

WHAT'S IN A TITLE? Up to $119,000, as some British aristocrats have discovered. A growing li

THE CLOSER YOU GET to America's unfair trading laws, the more unfair they look. Take the big steel c

While the Clinton administration can celebrate the tariff-cutting deal reached at the Tokyo summit t

The recent federal court decision to require an environmental impact statement for the North America

A House subcommittee resumes consideration of maritime subsidy legislation this week in an unusually

BILL CLINTON left Tokyo last week with a practical agreement for improving access to Japan'smarkets.

NEEDED: NEW KIND OF INDUSTRIAL POLICYChristopher Saunders' July 1 opinion article on the ste

Initial reactions to the tariff-reduction agreement reached at last week's Group of 7 summithave bee

The recent Group of 7 summit yielded what many, including President Clinton, have hailed as a breakt

POLITICIANS ARE DRAWN irresistibly to scenes of natural disaster. This month's flooding in the Missi

While democracy may be a bold new experiment in the formerly communist nations, for many countries i

"Ten thousand annual workplace fatalities" is the rallying cry for sweeping reform of the Occupation

On a busy day, more than $1 trillion of currencies changes hands in the foreign exchange market, one

THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT'S problem-plagued program to find a place to bury radioactive waste from nucle

In the murky world of trade politics, things are not always what they seem. President Clinton was qu

WEST COAST DOCKWORKERS and maritime employers agreed earlier this month on a new three-year master c

GOVERNMENT IGNORED MEBA'S TROUBLESYour July 2 editorial, "MEBA Mess," (Page 6A) rewr

As leaders of the world's major economies left Tokyo late last week, Japanese citizens breathed a co

WHILE IN JAPAN, President Clinton tried to convince Japanese students that open markets would improv

In a talk to the Conference of Mayors and the National Association of Counties this spring, Sen. Max

JAPAN'S UNEMPLOYMENT is worse than official figures show, according to a report published Monday by

The Maastricht Treaty will be required holiday reading for some weary European Community officials t

WHILE THE EAST COAST is sweltering in the summer heat, some consumer groups and utilities are thinki

TEXTILE TARIFF CUTS: NOT SO FASTYour June 28 editorial on textile tariffs in the Uru

Judge Charles Richey's decision to upend the North American free-trade agreement on environmental gr

BORIS YELTSIN HAPPILY ACCEPTED the $3 billion Western aid package offered at last week's economic su

INFRASTRUCTURE is certainly important, but sometimes it's better to close a road than keep it open.<

The failure to contain Japan's inroads in pharmaceuticals - a high-tech industry in which the United

Lobbyists for a coalition of shippers seeking legislative relief from retroactive trucking bills hav

THIS WEEK'S BREAKTHROUGH in the Uruguay Round is undeniably good news. But any celebrations will be

WITH EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT stuck at 11 percent and expected to climb to 12 percent next year, politi

In the retirement-nursing home complex, the residents can play bridge in the game room, exercise in

UNION ISN'T TO BLAME FOR ST. JOHNSBURY FATEAs a Teamster business agent, I was somew

With another major airline bankruptcy seemingly imminent, calls for government intervention are grow

MEBA CLEANED ITS OWN HOUSEYour July 2 editorial, "The MEBA Mess," (Page 8A) deserves

IT'S HARD TO MISS the symbol Japan is using this week to promote the idea that it is open to foreign

THE TARIFF-CUTTING DEAL reached at the Tokyo economic summit Wednesday is heartening news for sluggi

When Bill Clinton started his new job as leader of the free world, he also assumed anotherrole: He b

Harvey Headliner, this newspaper's free-lance outer space correspondent, hovering this week over the