Commentary

Foreign policy is often an intangible thing, something that we all know is important to our security

President Clinton's summit in Beijing showed that China is not prepared to negotiate seriously on Wo

In this era of ''reinventing government,'' the ugly hands of big government often are cloaked by the

Inevitably, South Africa's currency, the rand, has been caught in the contagion affecting emerging-m

In the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen's character laments living in Los Angeles, where the only cultu

A couple of panels were assembled recently by political consultant Jennifer Laszlo, and the consensu

The Clintons' failure to understand that publicly paid staff shouldn't be conducting private busines

The Clinton administration can take credit for encouraging competition in important sectors of the e

Is Russia worth it? No country on the road to economic reform has been more disappointing - or more

Anyone familiar with the shipping industry has heard the sentiment attributed to Thermistocles more

U.S. exports bring in billions of dollars for the U.S. economy and account for millions of high-payi

Campaign finance reform is back. Declared dead in the Senate after its supporters failed to overcome

To understand why so many Americans are cynical, consider the case of John Rambo. The former longsho

The Chinese economy is exposed to Japan through trade, through capital flows and through the impact

Martin Gilman is short, bald and ingratiating. He looks up to Anatoly Chubais, Russia's foreign debt

MODERNIZE FREIGHTFORWARDER RULESThe battle being waged between large and small forwarders re

'DUTY FREE' ARTICLEPAINTS FALSE IMAGEYour June 16 article on airport duty-free trade (''Airp

In this year of political brinkmanship, Congress has sent President Clinton a bill he can't refuse -

In late June, the Supreme Court declared the Line Item Veto Act unconstitutional by a 6-3 vote. That

The very public sight last week of the European Commission sitting in judgment on the business strat

In less than a year, more than 65,000 U.S. industries that use hazardous substances will have to rep

The Caspian basin and its energy resources are receiving great attention from governments and oil co

It was always more a question of when, not if, the International Monetary Fund would provide another

After he downed a few too many beers with some Bundestag colleagues one night in the 1980s, Gerhard

Back in 1918, when Russia's new Bolshevik rulers still had the mud of the street on their boots and

After two years of delay, the proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines seems

Three recent World Trade Organization rulings involving environmental and health issues have been de

The next time you are driving your automobile, check your rearview mirror. The eyes that you see are

The advent of a Republican Congress in 1994, and a president who told us ''the era of big government

Counterfeit goods entering the United States are a growing problem for law enforcement. When U.S. Cu

If you drew a symbolic picture of the big Citibank-Travelers merger, you might depict two financial

Supermodel Christy Turlington lowers her newspaper and conspiratorially enlists North Americans to p

In the nation's capital, Bill Clinton is just another president of the United States. Overseas, he i

President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin both performed well on Mr. Clinton's recent visi

The Surface Transportation Board has a historic opportunity over the coming months to correct a majo

Integration of the major economies across Europe, Asia and the Americas requires close coordination

WHEN GREAT MINDSTHINK ALIKEI refer to your June 30 editorial, ''Hong Kong's woes'' (Page 4A)

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky went to Capi

Much has been written about the tremendous benefits to the global economy from the impending introdu

Rebuilding the global financial system to head off crises before they reach the bailout stage has be