Commentary

The mood is still one of caution. Investors are whispering it softly. But financial markets believe

The inefficiencies produced by the quota system on imports of textiles and apparel can be staggering

A 1996 law aimed at spurring privatization of U.S. airports is finally beginning to bear fruit.<

It would be understandable for anyone in the logistics field to roll their eyes or knowingly shake t

It was just over 10 years ago that Central and Eastern Europe embarked on the unprecedented transfor

Much of the U.S. business community and the Clinton administration have expressed great enthusiasm f

In the short history of post-communist Russian trade, the agreement on steel signed with the U.S. De

By extending the benefits of computers to the exchange of information between suppliers, manufacture

What in the world is President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan up to?China watchers have been scratch

Two recent articles on the opinion pages of The Journal of Commerce raise the art of hypocrisy to ne

I hope that the statue of limitations has run out on this sort of thing, because I'm about to admit

The work slowdowns by members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union are having the desi

Did you know that if Congress fails to pass a medical privacy law by Aug. 21, the Clinton administra

I read with some sadness your editorial titled ''Frankenstein foods?'' (June 28, Page 7).You

The great East Coast port competition to secure the business of Sea-Land Service and Maersk Line is

You leap out of the helicopter just when it perches, two wheels out of three, on the edge of a snow-

Lufthansa Cargo took a bold step this week with the announcement that it plans to raise worldwide fr

Nigeria is starting over again. The present is bleak, but the future is promising.Despite su

An innovative effort by Asian drug traffickers to set up a new kind of courier service failed this w

Picture, if you will, a personal computer that can run all your favorite programs, has a 90 percent

The European Union is squaring up for a schizophrenic David and Goliath battle - and it's vital for

Never before has banking seen so much furious activity. Around the world, what were once regarded as

The world's climate is changing. Last year was the warmest on record. El Nino was exceptionally stro

The annual debate over China's trade status, necessitated by the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the Trad

An old specter re-emerged with oomph last week from the welter of economic, political and societal c

Pat Buchanan may be slightly to the right of Attila the Hun, but he is correct in assessing the fore

As I have traveled throughout the United States and around the world, I have become more convinced t

The nasty secret of health-care economics is that a lot done for patients is useless or dangerous, a

Just before the Fourth of July, the U.S. Embassy in London, along with the British government, hoste

''Nor all that glisters, gold.'' That is the exact, oft-misquoted line from Thomas Gray's ''Ode on t

It surely never occurs to Tarzan as he swings his way through the jungle issuing blood-curdling yode

E-mail has become a plot device in sweet-natured love movies, like ''You've Got Mail'' and ''Sleeple

New York state quietly marked its 100th day without a budget last week, a milestone that was notable

Word is that this week may see the breaking of a long and troublesome deadlock over the choice of a

The cry is heard echoing up and down the halls of every shipping department: ''Reduce transportation

The latest U.S. trade dispute does not involve beef or bananas and is not the subject of high-level

Summer lull or no summer lull, there's no real let-up in activity in the container shipping business

The U.S. economy is now generating so much tax revenue that this year's fiscal surplus will probably

One year ago, most observers were pessimistic about the world economy. The Asian crisis still appear

Why would the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange travel to a remote rebel stronghold in the wil