Commentary

''Hardware and software are like the front and rear wheels of a car," said Akio Tanii, president of

Official Washington seems tired of waiting for a maritime industry consensus on subsidy reform legis

PREDICTING WHEN THE recession will end has become a full-time job for economists. Most have been co

SAFETY ON THE HIGH SEAS finally is getting the attention it deserves in Washington. Rep. Wal

Free trade with the United States and successful economic reforms can help strengthen Mexico's democ

THE WORD "QUOTA" is anathema in the intense debate between Congress and the White House over civil

BANKING REFORM PROPOSALS have caused an unseemly outbreak of paranoia among insurers. The industry f

The upper house of the Japanese Diet approved a $9 billion Persian Gulf war contributionto the Unite

More than five years and 50,000 miles ago, the car looked outstanding, bright and peppy with that he

The Cold War finally ended March 15 when U.S. and Albanian diplomats agreed to re-establish diplomat

The banking safety net has allowed banks and thrifts to operate with little, and sometimes negative,

CONTRACTS ARE THE BASIS of most business deals, but the Supreme Court Tuesday said some railroad con

THE UNITED STATES has been notoriously unyielding on the question of debt forgiveness, particularly

Sometimes the ludicrous serves as a reminder of the serious. Or at least that's one way of l

ARCTIC OIL DRILLING MYTHS COUNTEREDYour editorial "Energy Strategy," (Feb. 22) slighted read

Inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy are rapidly receding. The government's best measure of th

Congress is on the verge of making its biggest trade blunder in decades by voting against the admin

AN EMBARRASSING EPISODE has been unfolding in Managua, Nicaragua, where foreign ministers of Central

SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev knows how to set a stage. Before Sunday's referendum on his propo

Why can't the Koreans unite their divided peninsula under a single national government? This questio

STATE-OWNED COMPANIES in Eastern Europe's old communist bloc were never very efficient, and no one

The new world order growing out of the coalition victory over Saddam Hussein already is taking shape

MEXICO'S HISTORY OF electoral fraud is a slumbering issue in the current debate over proposed free t

With the Persian Gulf war over, Germany's loud public debate over its role in international conflict

SEMICONDUCTOR PACT ONLY A MILESTONEYour editorial "Chip Pact" (Feb. 21) correctly reflects t

Last week's meeting of OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, could have become an

HOW WOULD IT FEEL TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL with a loaded gun pointed at your head? That's the position in

The outcome of the current U.S.-Mexico free trade negotiations may have a more profound impact on th

Last year, major U.S. non-vessel operating common carriers, the businesses that consolidate ocean fr

Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., claims U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills has been running what amou

COURT SETTLEMENTS, in which defendants and plaintiffs agree between themselves on the appropriate am

JAPANESE FARM OFFICIALS provided disturbing evidence this week of just how stubborn they can be.

One of the most intense campaigns in America is under way, although most people don't realize it. Al

In this period of economic recession, companies inevitably seek ways to make their dollars stretch f

The Treasury Department's master plan for bolstering the nation's banking system would not do nearly

CONGRESS OPENED THE railroad industry to a wide range of new price and service opportunities when it

The Federal Maritime Commission has been firing warning shots across the bows of foreign governments

During the gulf war, Americans accused Japan of hiding behind its postwar constitution to avoid inv

EUROPEANS ARE FOND of saying how little Americans know of life on the other side of the Atlantic. La

As kids, we swapped marbles, baseball cards, stamps, and hoped we got the better end of the deal. Th