Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Clinton administration is in the market for a viable trade policy. Like most shoppers, i

The inclination here to penalize foreign companies in the United States for the policies of their ho

DESPITE THE POLITICAL turmoil in Russia, Boris Yeltsin continues to look ahead. On Friday, he formal

WATERWAY PROJECTS ARE WORTH THE COSTThe federal government subsidizes the various transporta

"COMPANY UNIONS" are the bogeyman of labor organizations. In the 1930s, companies created sham union

When the revolutionary changes began in Central and Eastern Europe three years ago, the experts were

What was Bill Clinton's biggest mistake? Many will say it was either the $200 haircut or naming atto

FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW, California has had new rules in effect that require all tankers moving throug