Commentary

A select band of U.S. corporations is emerging as the most likely winners in the race to grab the lu

A NEW YEAR BRINGS new opportunities, new chances, new choices. It also has a way of bringing new hop

Ten years after he helped open a new era in Sino-American relations by normalizing diplomatic relati

After I became director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in 1985, few things rankled me m

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S ambitious campaign to test more than 4 million rail, maritime, tr

To the great frustration of business people who deal with international tradebarriers on a d

WHEN CALIFORNIA VOTERS EXPRESSED their outrage at high insurance rates, the Golden State's banks cam

To paraphrase the opening line of Dragnet, the story you are about to readis true; only the names ha

Your editorial, Eating Their Children (Dec. 15) competely misstates the position of the Shipbuilders

The world economy confounded its critics in 1988. To almost everyone's surprise, consumers simply i

This year's Omnibus Trade Bill included provisions bringing the United States into compliance with t

Everybody knows that Tokyo is the capital of a country that is prosperous, well-managed and costly.

CONSTRUCTING THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM has been the central goal of federal road builders for th

SATELLITE DISHES AND CABLE television mean that a broadcast license isn't quite the franchise it use

THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE between companies that make cloth and companies that make clothing haslong been

LET'S ALLOW BANKS IN INSURANCE SECTORYour Nov. 22 editorial calling for repeal of the McCarr

U.S. trade officials are getting quite cross with their European counterparts about perceived barrie

The world's trade ministers met earlier this month in Montreal, Canada, and failed to agree on commo

THE DEVASTATING EFFECT of foreign debt on the economies of the developing world has long since cease

TRYING TO SAVE MONEY sometimes can be costly, as the U.S. Agency for International Development is le

Europe 1992 is in everyone's thoughts. Many hopes and expectations are tied to the creation of this

When the 101st Congress convenes for business Jan. 3 and confronts the unenviable but essential task

Aerospace manufacturers have long had a love-hate relationship with air shows. U.S. plane an

ECONOMICS IS WHERE THE ACTION IS in Washington, and the Defense Department understands that full wel

During the past several weeks European financial institutions are reported to have provided the Sovi

The old year is dying in the night, as the poet said, and it doesn't look all that good in the dayti

APPAREL IMPORTERS HAVE SHIPPERS GROUPA Dec. 7 article (Some Industry Shippers Missing Lower

A RECOGNIZABLE BUT STILL FRAGILE consensus may be developing among those charged with resolving the

BY EVERY INDICATION, COMPETITION among airlines is on the wane. The Federal Aviation Administration

There is an old saw that those who can, do; those who can't, teach; and those who can't teach, write

The year 1988 was a landmark year in international economic policy - the United States' most compreh

Mikhail Gorbachev's moves toward Glasnost and Perestroika may have an impact on the Socialist bloc o

Britain's transportation infrastructure is reaching the breaking point due to the combination of an

Many people seem to believe that successful negotiations in the current Uruguay Round of the General

US SHIPBUILDING CAN MAKE COMEBACKYour readers might be interested in the following letter, w

THE PRETENSE IS GONE that Mexico can be saved through hard work and orthodox economic management. In

BY AND LARGE, the individuals George Bush has selected for key posts have been competent managers wi

IT STARTED OUT as just another Japanese scam. It already has shaken the Japanese government to its f

THAT SUDDEN RUSH of unfair trade practice cases that was supposed to envelop the International Trade

Since 1982, about 1,000 people have died each year in rail accidents. Roughly half of those fataliti