Commentary

IMPORTER CRITICIZES SHORTCOMINGS AT FDAYour recent front page article "Forwarders Decry Insp

What Robert Ngu carries in his pocket is the reality of Northern California's Silicon Valley and a g

TIGHT BUDGETS and growing environmental concerns have led most states to impose tough new measures o

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OFFICIALS sometimes have trouble keeping their eye on the ball. Disagreem

Foreign trade is the wild card in the U.S. economic outlook. Even if auto sales and housing starts s

International traders will tell you that free trade agreements are only a ''second-best" method to b

Later this fall, the Canadian Banknote Company in Ottawa will start to fulfill an unusual order. It

JAPAN'S POLITICAL PROCESS, often mysterious to Americans, has produced a strong candidate for prime

If coffee-producing nations get their way, a cup of takeout coffee may soon cost more than a gallon

THE JONES ACT: IT HASN'T WORKEDI read with interest your articles on the Jones Act: "Trade A

Another chapter was written last week in the sorry saga of the Channel Tunnel, and once again Britai

CHINA'S UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES can no longer be ignored. Trademarks and patents are pirated at wil

Brazil's devaluation of the cruzeiro on Sept. 30 represents a change of priorities for the governmen

ENVIRONMENTAL CASE FOR JONES ACT SHALLOWIn reading Joe Farrell's op-ed defense of the cabota

PRESSURE ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION to yield on extending unemployment benefits won't abate. Mr. Bus

The saga of the Superconducting Super Collider goes on, providing yet another case of how ravenous f

TO HEAR THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY TELL IT, your local telephone company has something in common with No

GATT PANEL ERRED ON US TUNA BANDavid Palmeter's rosy defense of the recent GATT panel decisi

When the ferry Herald of Free Enterprise embarked on its disastrous voyage in 1987 that left 188 dea

When President Jimmy Carter signed the 1980 Motor Carrier Act, he abruptly reversed the direction of

FOR YEARS, U.S. COURTS have taken an inconsistent stand on price fixing, vigorously enforcing antitr

HOW IMPORTANT IS RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE in the United States? That, in effect, is one of the que

There are only 77 shopping days until Christmas and 393 campaign days until the next national electi

Like it or not, regional trading blocs are a thing of the future. Consider our proposed Nort

Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher announced last Friday that the United States would begin imposin

The European Community is tantalizingly close to a breakthrough in its bid to create a single curren

Geez, Joe, gimme a break. Your tongue must be half way through your cheek by now. I can't believe yo

ITC REPORT IGNORES FOREIGN 'JONES ACTS'The recent report of the International Trade Commissi

BREAKING INTO THE JAPANESE MARKET isn't easy, but it can be done. Toys "R" Us, the giant U.S. retail

ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. caused quite a stir when it announced plans last month to stop writing car in

THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION showed a renewed commitment to public safety last week by recommen

The U.S. Customs Service is expected to stage another massive search operation soon in its expanding

Immigration to Israel, "Aliyah," (to descend) in Hebrew, has been part and parcel of Judaism since Z

It must have felt like this when the Middle Ages began to fade, or when the American Revolution forc

EUROPE, WHERE SOCIALISM AND SUBSIDIES are ever-present, is a difficult place to promote business com

'CITIZEN ACTION' GOT GAS FACTS WRONGIn alleging that the major oil companies have engaged in

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION isn't talking. U.S. and Mexican officials cut a deal last week that could en

The International Trade Commission issued a report on Sept. 19 claiming the American consumer would

The hope that glowed in Haitian hearts the day "President-for-Life" Jean- Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier

It's 9:30 a.m. on a bright Tuesday morning. Your employees are having coffee and sorting out their t