Commentary

Free traders in Washington have been in disarray ever since labor unions blocked a bid by the White

Rising prices make people understandably angry - just harken back to the 1970s oil crises. And when

The information technology industry is pushing Congress to expand a program that allows companies to

If you need evidence that global forces are radically transforming the world, its finance and trade,

The early warning signs are everywhere.The Colorado Springs school district signs a 10-year,

Presidents get involved in foreign policy for a variety of reasons, some good, others less so.

MARIANAS GOVERNORPURSUES ALLEGATIONSAs governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

One of the overarching arguments for devolution of government from the federal to the state level is

By now, we have all heard the statistic that more young Americans believe in UFOs than believe they

Who would have said it even as recently as a year ago?As the Maastricht exam approaches and

Barring a cataclysmic financial crisis, Europe will launch its single currency, the euro, next Janua

Korea announced this week plans to open its property market to foreigners. In a nation famous for it

Blacksmith Michael Darrig cheerfully admits he's an anachronism on the federal payroll.''The

You've suddenly and surprisingly hit the jackpot: You picked the winning lottery numbers, the Publis

The outcome of the Iraqi crisis strengthens Saddam Hussein's domestic and international position, un

Thanks in part to the East Asian financial crisis, the U.S. Congress finally has a real opportunity

The Year 2000 doomsayers had already sung their opening dirge as the first significant, negative imp

The economic crisis in Asia might look like a storm passing over the entire region, but Hong Kong's

Reports that the Japanese government has broken with tradition and named an outsider to head the Ban

MEXICAN TOMATO ISSUEA MATTER OF DISPUTEIn response to Aaron Lukas' guest opinion on March 2,

Santiago, Chile, the site of next month's launch of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas,is famo

The World Trade Organization decision against the European Union's banana regime, which found Brusse

Snaking down the west coast of South America, Chile has a bloodstained past and a booming economy, g

President Clinton raised a few eyebrows recently when he announced support for the Internet Tax Free

The ''banana wars'' raging in Central America and the Caribbean are now drawing global attention. We

After ignoring for years the threat of the millennium computer problem - under which some computers

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's recent testimony to Congress attempted to breathe new life

Never stand between a dog and a tree. That's a piece of advice Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister

It hasn't yet reached the intensity of the wars on tobacco and alcohol. But the beginnings are visib

The European spy hit his stride halfway into the Baku-to-Tbilisi flight as the passenger jet left th

House Republican leaders should be commended for last week's compromise that gives a long-needed boo

The leaders of 26 countries met in London last week, with a feast at Buckingham Palace thrown in, to

In an apparent change of schedule, the White House seems ready to move up the U.S.-China summit in B

There's almost no U.S. trade with Africa, and very few negotiations going on there to open markets,

Until very recently, the booming economies of East Asia were held up as a model for all developing n

Should the U.S. government ban imports of American-made goods originally sold overseas? No, the Supr

After a long period of mutual suspicion, the United Nations and big business are joining forces to h

Asia's financial troubles seem to have eased in recent weeks, but plenty of problems remain. Japan o

In his ''Confession,'' St. Patrick writes about his father, Calpurnius, a landowner, a member of the

For years, the doctrine of ''revenue neutrality'' has kept a damper on both sides of the budget deba