Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The murder of Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo and six other innocent victims at the Guadalajara a

NOT EVERY COMPANY has a private police force to crack down on competitors. The U.S. Postal Service d

The productivity of Japanese manufacturing industries is the envy of the world, but Japan cannot tak

PRESIDENT CLINTON may think he's off to a good start in bilateral trade talks with Japan, but he has

At midyear, the American economy is a study in black and white. Newspapers and magazines are full of

THIS WEEK'S MEETING of the world's industrial powers has all the makings of another failed summit.

TEXTILE JOBS SHOULD BE SAVEDYour June 28 editorial, "Enough Is Enough" (Page 6A), makes most

Hopes for freer trade in this hemisphere - and in the wider world - were dealt a vicious blow by las