Commentary

The steamship industry is notorious for maintaining the status quo. Some people believe the industry

Considering the quantity of paper and ink and the volume of cheers that accompanied the implementati

Dishonesty flourishes on the trail of the International Monetary Fund.In recent months there

Since its infancy, way back in the mid-1990s, the Internet was breathlessly described as an ''inform

Earlier this year, President Clinton placed the full force of the federal government behind Vice Pre

If nothing else, world trade will get high visibility in the United States as the Nov. 30-Dec. 3 tra

It may not make friends, but it keeps peace in the family: More than a third of the deputies to Braz

As promised, here are a few more cyberworld tidbits that intrigued me at the Internet:Press event ea

As early as this week, it is anticipated that the Senate will vote on passage of trade enhancement f

''Hello, we are Land's End, direct merchants from America!'' begins the chatty advertisement in Germ

Last month's Congressional hearings on Russian money laundering climaxed a new phase of breast-beati

Old cold warriors never die, they just get more paranoid. A prime example is the request by Sen. Tre

First, the good news. The European Union is finally inching toward an agreement to expose its rail-f

I read Paul Richardson's superb article of Oct. 4 (''FastShip's fine - if nature keeps its cool,'' o

Two things have stood out in recent days in Pakistan.The first was how some of the key point

(Following is an excerpt taken from an editorial published last week and distributed by Scripps Howa

Your Oct. 12 article ''Senate divided on cruise reform'' (Page 15) stated that the McCain bill would

Japan is poised to lead foreign investment in the next important phase of China's development, cente

While the genetically modified crops issue has held the attention of the British public like a well-

It's some months ago now since news first broke in these columns that China Shipping Group was makin

Vietnam wants to give typhoons a clearly Asian identity, Reuters reports.The nation has sugg

There was plenty of dodging and weaving at a congressional hearing last week on air-travel delays. I

Airlines have long tried to reconcile two sometimes contradictory objectives: convincing passengers

U.S. Maritime Administrator Clyde J. Hart Jr. pulled no punches this week in a speech in Tokyo on th

Politicians are famously adept at employing what one might term ''creative'' language. President Cli

Recent scandals involving the International Monetary Fund have prompted Congress to seek ways to ref

What a sanitized rail-riding experience one gets shuttling back and forth between Washington and New

Last April, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji offered an impressive slate of concessions to convince the Un

Despite America's reputation as a country of whiners, most of us say we rarely complain.But

Ten years ago, Hurricane Hugo hit the U.S. mainland. At the time it was the strongest hurricane to c

Not long ago I was asked to give a talk on how Congress has changed since 1965, the year I entered i

The World Trade Organization is about to reopen an important file it had to close three years ago wh

Investors just got another reason to be wary about Russia: A court there ruled that private investor

''And what am I bid for this vintage high-cube 40-foot reefer bound for sunny Osaka? The bidding sta

The reform impetus in China's financial sector that began in January 1998 gave state banks enough cl

Next week the Council of Logistics Management will hold its annual meeting in Toronto. The meeting t

LOS ANGELES TIMES:Some people who make a career out of worrying about international relation

The excuses business people give for bribing a public official are common enough:''If our co

''Timor Solidariedade!'' proclaimed the posters on Lisbon's graceful main thoroughfare, Avenida da L

Chinese banks, particularly the largest state-owned ones, were handicapped in playing the critical r