Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, in its zeal to help meet federal budget demands, has found a new tax s

AILING PAN AMERICAN World Airways was the most obvious winner - but not the only one - when negotiat

Richard Feinberg, executive vice president of the Overseas Development Council, a local think tank

As the United States and its allies seek a political framework to ensure lasting stability in the po

George Bush is a lucky man. His military adventures in the Persian Gulf havesucceeded brilli

The article "Is the War on Inflation Over?" (Opinion, March 6) by H. Erich Heinemann mistakenly iden

WHEN THE UNITED STATES gives economic aid to foreign nations, it attaches few strings. Poor countrie

For an outsider, there are few things more intriguing about Europe than the relationships between n

The Bush administration's optimism about the economic benefits for Mexico of free trade obscures end

KUWAITI OIL PRODUCTION has been crippled and a boycott of Iraqi oil remains. Yet six non-gulf member

Suppose it is the year 2000. The U.S. economy is strong. The world generally is at peace. And the Na

We do not always learn from history. In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf war, the Bush administrati

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE and social activism are clashing in San Francisco. Officials at the Port of S

BOTH THE UPPER and lower houses of Japan's Diet have approved a $9 billion Persian Gulf aid package,

They say H. Norman Schwarzkopf could have any job in the business world he wants. "Stormin' Norman,"

The Bush administration is trying to push the World Bank into giving much more priority to promoting

It's easy to be misled about the prospects for fundamental reform in the economics and management of

In the weeks and months following Iraq's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait, President Bush often likened Ir

THE SUPREME COURT'S decision Monday to uphold an Alabama court's steep punitive damages award is bei

Environmental concerns are permeating one more corner of international diplomacy - the powerful aren

GONE ARE THE DAYS when transportation issues were an afterthought at the White House. Presid

DURING THE EARLY hours of the Soviet Union's military crackdown in the Baltics, observers predicted

FAULTY PREMISES FOR SHIP REFORMFor the most part, the Feb. 19 opinion piece ("Four Steps to

The victory celebrations are not over but much of the Persian Gulf war is starting a long, slow slid

AFTER YEARS OF TALK but little action, the 13 English-speaking Caribbean nations are taking their fi

The latest aviation dispute between the United States and Japan ended successfully on Feb. 23 after

Ichiro Yoshimoto, a recent graduate of a leading Tokyo university, was shocked to hear from the pers

SOMETIMES, EVERYBODY wins. U.S. aviation negotiators felt that way after returning recently from bil

BEHIND THE SCENES of Washington's search for a national energy policy is a quiet campaign to change

Financial markets acted last week as though the recession were over. Stock prices went up and intere

The shooting has stopped in the Persian Gulf, but the pot shots taken at American oil firms througho

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