Commentary

THE AGENDA FOR THE EIGHTH ROUND of trade talks among the 92 member nations of the General Agreement

The cruise vessel Oceanos, operated by Epirotiki Line, has been booked almost to capacity on its se

The international banking community is gathering in Washington this week to prepare for the annual

What a difference a few years and the price of a barrel of oil make. It doesn't seem that lo

As secretary of agriculture in the Reagan administration, I sat in many Cabinet debates on tax poli

DOES THE UNITED STATES EMBRACE restrictive international aviation policies behind a smokescreen of f

THERE IS AN OLD AMERICAN SAYING that the way to get a mule's attention is to hit him with a two-by-

For a number of years it has been possible for U.S. citizens to set up foreign corporations through

All over Britain small bands of people are being mobilized, ready for action at a moment's notice.

In 1984 - the last year for which complete data are available - about 40 million tons of cargo moved

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino won rave reviews for her speeches here last week, but U.S. busi

ABOUT 100 MILLION TONS of hazardous materials are moved by railcar each year. Some 95,000 rail tank

THE MARITIME COMMUNITY LOST A FRIEND the other day. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Frank Higbee, 92, died

The United States and Canada are to wrap up next week the first stage of their exploratory talks tow

The "Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act," the trade bill passed in May by the House

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JOSE SARNEY'S visit to the United States last week demonstrated there is, in Mr.

NOW THAT THE PRICE OF GASOLINE HAS DECREASED, we have been besieged by various groups over the last

An article in the Aug. 8 issue of The Journal of Commerce, noting statements made by New York state

As Congress moves toward the public sale of Conrail, a debate has bubbled up over whether other cha

U.S. specialists came away with at least three important conclusions from the recently ended interna

CONGRESS SIMPLY MUST recognize the need for enactment of the pending water resources legislation, wi

IN TWIN LAKES, COLO., the town stages an annual event that Congress might consider emulating when tr

Shippers, Ports Like Cargo Data ServiceI read with interest your article, "New Forecasting S

ATTENTION ALL NAVY RETIREES. Those of you who miss slop on a shingle or its equivalent and whose leg

ISSUANCE OF TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES has been misused and abused by local and state governments. But th

Folklore has it that the heavenly angels are partial to a drop of scotch, which explains the 1 perce

As the the Philippines election approached in February, corridors in Washington buzzed with intellig

What does the new generation of Soviets seem to want to do? Especially as Soviet society - in Moscow

CALIFORNIA GOV. GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN told a story a couple of years ago about two hikers who encountere

''The real question is not why we are purchasing Sea-Land, but why such a transaction has not occur

The Soviet Union is metamorphosing. General Secretary Gorbachev, backed by Russia's post-World-War-I

DESPITE SOME RECENT statistical evidence of an economic pickup, many analysts still expect one more

THIS YEAR OR NEXT, Congress must deal with shipper complaints arising out of the Staggers Rail Act

CORAZON COJUANGCOS AQUINO is in the United States. This brave lady, who chose to run for and win the

UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE TAX REFORM BILL sliding down the congressional home stretch has been affecting

Two years ago this month, Canada's Tories were swept to power with a lopsided majority in an electio

Suspicion between the world's two major superpowers seems to be on the rise with tensions mounting o

Late in the evening on Saturday, Aug. 16, in the final hours of their negotiations, the chairmen of

LEGISLATION FOR THE PUBLIC SALE of the government's 85 percent interest in the Consolidated Rail Cor

The U.S. trade deficit in July, announced in the last week of August, was at a record level. The new