Commentary

Like many Japanese couples, Ken and Nobuko Yamamoto discovered soon after their marriage that their

A national obsession is growing over the loss of American competitiveness in the world economy, one

ASSISTANCE TO SOVIETS IS COMPLEX ISSUEThe pros and cons of a coordinated Western effort to p

The love affair is over. Norway's loyal and enthusiastic support for its shipping industry has turne

AGRICULTURE IS STILL THE STUMBLING BLOCK on the road to a new international agreement on trade. Unle

WHETHER THE ISSUE is acid rain or the fate of the northern spotted owl, calling for "more evidence"

GERMANY'S IMPENDING UNIFICATION will cause major changes in Europe. But as the two Germanys and the

Most everyone understands that productivity - the amount produced for each hour of work and dollar o

THE JAPANESE AREN'T FRIVOLOUS with their wealth, despite the fact that they have more aid money to

There's a growing undercurrent here of distrust or resentment of foreign investors. "Xenophobia is s

Reports out of Tokyo suggested that the Japanese might renege on their commitment to lower their tra

For years I have run a trade deficit with my hairdresser. I didn't give it a moment's thought until

President Bush has stated that his top priority for the Houston economic summit is the Uruguay Round

SUMMITRY IS ALL THE RAGE. Only last month, shortly after President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail

SEA LABOR LAW WON'T CREATE UNIONSThe editorial of June 27, "Labor Law at Sea," is not only f

The July 5 editorial, "Oil Spill Compromise," misstated the limit on ship owners' liability for oil

WHILE THE SOVIET UNION IS hurriedly adapting Western ideas to organize its economy and its political

President Bush may have worked his way out of a corner into which he had painted himself, but not wi

CONGRESS MIGHT HAVE BEEN STUCK FOREVER in a circular argument. But fortunately, House and Senate con

In positioning Mexico for free trade talks with the United States, much can be learned from the bila

I have conflicting reactions to the Structural Impediments Initiative talks with Washington: outrage

AMERICA'S GROWING FOREIGN DEBT is among the most visible symptoms of misguided economic policy. U.S.

The leaders of the Western alliance will resemble gamblers in a high-stakes poker game next week as

THE 600-SHIP NAVY is an idea whose time has come and gone. With it has gone any justification for th

NELSON MANDELA'S 10-DAY U.S. tour produced a strong show of solidarity from the American people, a b

ACT WOULD PROTECT US LONGSHOREMENYour June 27 editorial, "Mis-Defining Dock Work," which att

SPACE SCIENTISTS WAITED over a decade for the Hubble Space Telescope. The orbiting space observation

For nearly 40 years, June 7 has been set aside in Mexico to celebrate ''Freedom of the Press" Day. T

'Tis the season for patriotism once again. All over the land, at small-town parades and family picni

NO ONE WOULD ATTACH MUCH WEIGHT to the U.S. government's promise to do anything in the year 2000. Ye

Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner is turning up the heat on Los Angeles airport official

GEORGE BUSH DESERVES CONGRATULATIONS. He finally did something unpopular. As a consummate po

When we Baby Boomers decide we want some new contrivance, companies respond, lest they lose out on t

Boris Yeltsin, the new president of the Russian Federation, is using rhetoric, not rockets, to chall

IT TAKES SOME CREATIVE REASONING to justify more oil drilling off the U.S. coastline on environmenta

Exports are a mainstay of U.S. agriculture. Disposal of agricultural surpluses with subsidies in res

IT USED TO BE that the Bush administration wanted to roll back sugar subsidies. But that was before

In recent years, environmental liability has been a constant source of new risks for the American bu

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE IS SERIOUS about making import processing more efficient. That's about the

All those who are most anxious to set in place successful movement toward economic and monetary unio