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NAFTA AND THE WAR ON DRUGS

George W. Grayson | Jul 6, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
The murder of Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo and six other innocent victims at the Guadalajara a

POST OFFICE POLICE

JOC Staff | Jul 6, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
NOT EVERY COMPANY has a private police force to crack down on competitors. The U.S. Postal Service d

THE DEUTSCHE MARK UNDER FIRE

Keith M. Rockwell | Jul 5, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
The mighty deutsche mark, long the anchor of the European Community's Exchange Rate Mechanism, has l

TAX REVOLT

JOC Staff | Jul 5, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
IF POLITICAL TRENDS move from West to East, there's reason for hope in an anti-tax effort gathering

PROMOTING WORLD GROWTH

JOC Staff | Jul 5, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
THIS WEEK'S MEETING of the world's industrial powers has all the makings of another failed summit.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

JOC Staff | Jul 5, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
TEXTILE JOBS SHOULD BE SAVEDYour June 28 editorial, "Enough Is Enough" (Page 6A), makes most

"GREEN' CLOUDS OVER FREE TRADE

William H. Lash Iii | Jul 5, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
Hopes for freer trade in this hemisphere - and in the wider world - were dealt a vicious blow by las

THE MEBA MESS

JOC Staff | Jul 1, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
FEW LABOR UNIONS in recent memory have been as troubled as the Marine Engineers Beneficial Associati

BUILDING TRADE BRIDGES TO JAPAN UNMANAGING US-JAPAN TRADE

Ernest H. Preeg | Jul 1, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
The U.S.-Japan bilateral trade talks are muddled over the ambiguous use of the term "managed trade,"

BLOCKING FREER TRADE

JOC Staff | Jul 1, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
A HANDFUL OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS has succeeded - temporarily, at least - in blocking the path to a

BUILDING TRADE BRIDGES TO JAPAN THE CASE FOR MARKET-LED POLICIES

Michael R. Czinkota | Jul 1, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
Whenever politicians talk about increasing government involvement in trade, their free-trade rhetori

JEFFERSON'S LEADERSHIP LEGACY

Brian G. Mulconrey | Jul 1, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
One of the defining characteristics of great leadership is a talent for turning visions of the futur

STEELMAKERS' FATAL ADDICTION

Christopher Saunders | Jun 30, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
The International Trade Commission began hearings this week to determine whether American steel manu

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

JOC Staff | Jun 30, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
ENERGY TAX WON'T HELP CONSERVATIONYour coverage of the Clinton administration's proposed ene

LET'S CUT TO THE MONEY CHASE

Tom Connors | Jun 30, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
There's a race of sorts under way. One of the contestants is the drive for limits on the num

LUFTHANSA'S CARGO SPIN

JOC Staff | Jun 30, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES has a reputation for good service, both in its passenger and cargo operati

HOSPITAL COSTS

JOC Staff | Jun 30, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
WHAT'S THE FASTEST-GROWING COST in a hospital's budget? If you think it's doctors' fees or fancy new

TURNING TO THE GAS TAX _ AGAIN

Chris R. Edwards | Jun 29, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
For the third time in just over a decade, a federal government that feels chronically short of funds

UP-ENDING JAPANESE POLITICS

Mark Magnier | Jun 29, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
The racket started Saturday at 10 a.m. and continued throughout the day. Competing political campaig

THE COMING CLINTON SLOWDOWN

H. Erich Heinemann | Jun 29, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
President Clinton's budget plan squeaked through the Senate with Vice President Gore casting the dec

DELIVERING THE GOODS

JOC Staff | Jun 29, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION SPENDING has always been an unseemly business. The goal, of course, is to fun

NAFTA AND THE STATES

JOC Staff | Jun 29, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
WHAT DO STATE GOVERNORS know that members of Congress don't? A new report from the Heritage

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

JOC Staff | Jun 28, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
SHIP INDUSTRY'S CHANGING ECONOMICSI am dismayed at the quality of the debate concerning the

MODEST PROGRESS ON SHIP SAFETY

Janet Porter | Jun 28, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
Shipping is becoming safer. Latest casualty returns from Lloyd's Register of Shipping show the numbe

GOOD MARKETING

JOC Staff | Jun 28, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
GIVEN HALF A CHANCE, globally minded American retailers will put down roots almost anywhere.

OPENING THE POWER GRID

JOC Staff | Jun 28, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
IF THIS SUMMER'S AIR CONDITIONING bill is busting your budget, take heart: Changes in the electricit

GLOBAL WARMING: 1970S LESSONS

Orval Hansen | Jun 28, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
Although it hasn't been receiving much attention lately, the federal government is moving ahead with

THE GLITTER BEGINS TO TARNISH FOR ITALY'S FERRUZZI FAMILY

Sam Phipps | Jun 28, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
Rumor has it the Ferruzzis are cutting back on bodyguards. If it's true, unemployment here is going

WATCH FOR SPARKS

JOC Staff | Jun 27, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
BRITAIN HAS ITS SHARE of high-tech industries, but that doesn't mean its older crafts are destined t

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

JOC Staff | Jun 27, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
FEW U.S. INDUSTRIES have enjoyed more protection from imports than textiles. While textile b

WASHINGTON REPORT A NEW MARITIME BALL GAME?

Washington Bureau | Jun 27, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
If U.S. shipping companies act on threats to register their vessels under foreign flags because Cong

A NATION OF HABITUAL SPENDERS

William Neikirk | Jun 27, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
In Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park," the camera momentarily focuses in on a rack of T-shirts and o

MORE LAND IN FEDERAL HANDS?

Donald R. Leal | Jun 27, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
Environmentalists want the federal government to buy more land. They have persuaded Sen. Bennett Joh

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

JOC Staff | Jun 24, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
MOVE FORWARD WITH CUSTOMS UPDATEWe would like to compliment you for your editorial t

MANAGING THE SPECTRUM

JOC Staff | Jun 24, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
IT'S CALLED THE "INVISIBLE RESOURCE." The electromagnetic spectrum is the "highway" over whi

ELLIPTICAL CURVES

JOC Staff | Jun 24, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
FROM A CONVENTION OF MATHEMATICIANS comes word that Princeton theorist Andrew Wiles has solved a 300

THE "GREEN HERRING' OF NAFTA

Roberto Salinas-Leon | Jun 24, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
Although the North American free-trade agreement has been called the ''greenest treaty ever negotiat

CAMPBELL'S ENTREE IN CANADA

Leo Ryan | Jun 24, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
It will be a special moment in the history of Canadian politics today when Kim Campbell takes over f

BUY PARK PLACE

JOC Staff | Jun 23, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
CAPITALISM can be a difficult concept for communist countries to understand. That may explain why Ho

IS JACKSON-VANIK STILL NEEDED?

Richard Lawrence | Jun 23, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
The fate of 17 countries and their trade with the United States is now before the U.S. Congress.
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