Commentary

Although the North American free-trade agreement has been called the ''greenest treaty ever negotiat

The fate of 17 countries and their trade with the United States is now before the U.S. Congress.

From my office window, I have a fine view of the street a few floors below. A summer rain storm came

DESIGNING SHIPS TO FIT THE PORTSWhat do you think would happen if people looked at t

THE INSURANCE BUSINESS is all about risk: assessing the chance a loss will occur and charging the ri

CAPITALISM can be a difficult concept for communist countries to understand. That may explain why Ho

MARITIME INTERESTS AND OIL EXPLORATIONIn his April 28 letter, Rear Admiral Thomas A.

The potential for business growth in Vietnam is astounding. Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, Britai

IN A SINGLE-MINDED QUEST for votes in Congress, the Clinton administration is jeopardizing commercia

Democrats in the U.S. Senate demonstrated once again that, left to their own devices, there are no l

FORGET PRIVATIZATION and trade liberalization. The real reason for Latin America's soaring trade exp

MASSIVE PRIVATIZATION of state-owned companies in Europe may have beneficial side effects: tax and r

EL SALVADOR FIRM ON LAND REFORMYour article on land reform in El Salvador presents a

JAPAN'S UNRIVALED ECONOMIC SUCCESS has always concealed a decidedly common problem: political corrup

The leaders of the European Community will ritualistically proclaim their belief in free trade today

Most Americans care little about currency exchange rates. They see the currency market as something

IT'S IRONIC that as Western governments have encouraged freer trade over the last 40 years, protecti

AIR FRANCE ISN'T SUBSIDIZEDOn May 19, the Financial Times announced that British Air

THERE'S A LOT NOT TO LIKE in the Clinton administration's new trade policy toward Japan. At its core

At a time of escalating trade tensions with Japan and other nations, the Clinton administration is n

The introduction of a bill to reform U.S. maritime regulatory law embodied in the 1984 Shipping Act

Jimmie Ruth Daughtrey of Nashville, Tenn., and Wendy Perkins of Scottsdale, Ariz., could teach Bruce

SHORTEN LINKS IN AIR CARGO CHAINI enjoyed your coverage of the air cargo conference in Orlan

REMEMBER THAT BLUE SUIT you bought in 1989, marked down by $50? Well, the retailer just filed for ba

The following is an edited transcript of an exchange between Herbert D. Kelleher, chairman of Southw

I confess I had to read John Maggs' satirical letter on the North America free-trade agreement (Opin

FEW AREAS OF U.S. LAW are as convoluted as the financial services regime. Beginning with Depression-

WHO SAID life is fair? According to AT&T, Father's Day - coming up this Sunday - runs a dist

Distrust, even hate, are common ingredients in relations between big bureaucracies and employes who

TEMPORARY WORKERS HELP ECONOMYHooray for Llewellyn Rockwell: He is absolutely right that Pre

REST EASY. The government has decided salad oil is not a hazardous material after all. If yo

KIM CAMPBELL, Canada's prime minister-to-be, has been described as a cross between Margaret Thatcher

It's 8:05 on a weekday morning in Tokyo as I try and squeeze onto a subway heading toward the busine

COURIERS DO BUSINESS, in large part, without contact with the actual importer. They rely on document

The Labor Department reported last week that the producer price index for all commodities was 119.7

Only about a month ago things were starting to look up for John Major. The long hoped-for "g

Too often, U.S. companies see the world in terms of plagues and panaceas. Nowhere is this more true

WE SALUTE THE ENTERPRISE of an Aussie named Damien Taylor, who has stepped forward as the first male

DEREGULATION shoved railroads and their unions into a new era. Regrettably, their labor relations ar

FISHERMEN RESPECT PACIFIC DOLPHINSYour May 28 debate, "Environmental Test for Trade"