Commentary

The recent findings of a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel involving a U.S. law on s

Some time this year, Congress will take up the treaty on climate change negotiated in Kyoto in late

Gilbert F. Amelio is my hero.During his 17-month tenure as head of Apple Computer Inc., the

The European Union is poised to launch a single currency, but it hasn't yet forged a proper single m

It was an unusual challenge and one fraught with conflict: Draw a blueprint for building new citizen

The Kyoto treaty to reduce global warming faces stiff opposition in the U.S. Senate, fueled by labor

POLAND OIL SECTOR OPENSTO FOREIGN INVESTMENTWARSAW - Poland's Cabinet Economic Commi

The Reagan-era philosophy included a strictly interpreted Constitution and a market-driven society p

After years of standing on the shore, executives of Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's 60-year-old oil mo

Will he or won't he? The World Trade Organization, for- merly the General Agreement on Tariffs an

Russia's wily President Boris Yeltsin showed anew his ability to gain and hold power through coups,

For years, experts looked upon East Asia as a model for Latin America's economic problems - and righ

When Russian President Boris Yeltsin's candidate for prime minister, Sergei Kirienko, first met U.S.

China's announced ban on the door-to-door sales strategies used by Amway, Mary Kay and Avon is ridic

The blessings of the global food market are many: summer squash in winter and winter squash in summe

If there were a single test of the effectiveness of the World Bank since James Wolfensohn became pre

The azaleas are in bloom in South Korea as residents enjoy the warm spring sunshine. With the terms

The financial services industry is riding a wave of excitement over the announced mergers of Citicor

The Summit of the Americas last weekend in Santiago, Chile, marks the start of seven years of free-t

When the second most powerful official in American government writes a book, it is wise to read it.

If there was a financial equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for the world's best-performing economy, t

Sitcom writers would have a field day with the comedic potential of a ''Honeymooners''-ish municipal

Europe's leaders have a lot to be thankful for when they gather in Brussels early next month for th

The United States is the world's most competitive economy, followed by Singapore, Hong Kong and the

Press reports and the speculation of several prominent economists suggest that competition from Chin

Technological change and market integration, induced by trade and investment liberalization, have de

Not much more than 12 months ago, the hype over $10 cigars was thicker than smoke in a political bac

Two former Soviet republics had elections recently, but they promise neither political stability nor

Two Wall Street Journal reporters have produced a spring tonic of a book about the U.S. economy, aft

Spring in Japan means cherry blossoms, melting snow on Mount Fuji and Shinto, the annual labornegoti

There's a saying in America: beware of ordering too many blank checks at once. The name of your bank

International trade is hardly free of politics or might-is-right reasoning, although the WorldTrade

On the celebration of Earth Day today, acrimonious debate continues to rage over the Kyoto Treaty, w

It's almost 20 years since Italy celebrated the ''sorpasso,'' that proud moment when its national we

PASSENGER ACTAN ANACHRONISMIf any one incident calls for the outright repeal of the woefully

Even as momentum apparently builds for a main export pipeline through Georgia linking Azerbaijan's C

After three years of tortured debate, a congressional bid to curb regulation of the ocean shipping b

Economists depend on economic and financial data, plus the assumption that the country's economic st

The last two years have been problematic for U.S.-Latin relations as Congress voted down fast-track

France is within sight of a victory that has eluded it throughout this century - parity with Germany