Commentary

FREIGHT ISN'T SEXY, and it doesn't vote. That makes it of little use to Congress. The irony is that

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK STOCK Exchange, John J. Phelan Jr., is being a bit on the optimistic si

You probably wouldn't be smart in taking me as the final word on this, but I do have a hunch that an

Washington has tried extreme measures to reduce the $50 billion trade deficit with Tokyo, from rejig

Europe is contemplating its navel. The Persian Gulf crisis may be heading for a shooting war

TRANSPORTATION WAS DEREGULATED with a few far-reaching laws. It is being re- regulated in bits and p

AN INFLUENTIAL JAPANESE Liberal Democratic Party member predicted several weeks ago that failure to

Now that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has adopted a general direction for economic decentraliz

While America's attention has been fixated on what to do about the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union ha

THE DUST HAS SETTLED from the congressional debate over the Medicare budget. Now concerned parties i

One down, two to go. That's the scorecard at the Department of Transportation, where officials are c

NOW THAT GERMANY IS UNITED, all German citizens should be equal. But some are more equal than other

This month, the National Academy of Engineering will publish a study titled ''National Interests in

EVERYBODY WANTS A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. On Tuesday, Californians even get to vote on the idea. Unfortun

October 1990 did not produce a stock market crash, but did produce a political crash heard around th

While President Bush looks for fresh initiatives in the Middle East and wonders just how much the Un

FMC GUIDELINES RAISE QUESTIONSYour article, "FMC Sets Guidelines on 'Me-Too' Pacts" (Oct. 23

The current multilateral trade negotiations offer an excellent opportunity to address the serious g

IT'S NO WEIGHTY matter of principle that poses the first test for Ontario's newly installed premier,

INCENTIVES CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Airports and airlines have been fighting for years over the

Jerome Zeifman ought to be happier. It's not every day that a lawyer wins a suit that will g

TWO YEARS IS A LONG TIME for a honeymoon. After two wonderful years, the honeymoon of Carlos Salinas

Vietnam, a country newly emerging from nearly two decades of economic isolation and stagnation, is g

The Japanese aren't dumb. This may strike admirers of the Japanese as supremely condescendin

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO, who has proclaimed herself a "transition president" throughout

During the 1990s, the dominant theme in U.S. economic policy will be dealing with the consequences o

When the votes were tallied after the last presidential campaign, all that mattered was that George

U.S. BANKS ARE IN TROUBLE once again. And once again, instead of facing up to the causes of those tr

Economic monetary union may present a major challenge to U.S. financial/ commerci al business if the

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 will have far-reaching effects on the availability of tankers, their s

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Margaret Thatcher made quite a public show of belligerence in Rome on Sunday,

QUICK: HOW MANY YEN does a dollar buy? The answer is 128, but if you guessed wrong, you've g

U.S.-EUROPEAN COMMUNITY relations have hit bottom due to farm disputes. The EC flatly rejects the U.

In the tightly knit maritime industry, people are more likely to stab one another in the back than t

Several key negotiating groups in the Uruguay Round of international trade talks under the General A

In the current negotiations to modify the Anti-Dumping Code of the General Agreement on Tariffs and

NO CHANGES NEEDED IN SHIPPING ACTIn your Oct. 9 article, "Carey Believes Tariff Filing Is He

ISRAEL HAS BEEN a special friend of the United States. Its status as the only democratic state and r

In the wake of successful United Nations sanctions against Iraq, the U.N.'s International Atomic En

SOME ELECTRIC POWER companies could gain from new regulations on coal-burning electric utilities put