Commentary

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

After decades of living in its own world, China is now determined to join the rest of us. News from

Despite the black market in Russian military hardware, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh does not believe

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of Washington's biggest business lobbyists, is planning a full-sca

''Corporate welfare'' is frequently denounced across the political spectrum, but an egregious exampl

The U.S. legal system is supposed to assure an orderly society, settle disputes and ensure that thos

These people are like cockroaches. Stamp your feet and they run off somewhere else.''That is

Congress is debating what to many Americans may seem an arcane issue with little relevance to their

SHORT LINES DIDN'TINFLUENCE OWENYour recent article on the renomination of Gus Owen to the S

The Oxford American Dictionary defines monopoly as ''exclusive possession of the trade in some commo

Now that educational ideologues of various types have claimed vindication in the latest findings of

Enrique Iglesias, the high-energy, peripatetic president of the Inter-American Development Bank, was

It's a bad day for a person in public life when he first walks into a room and hears the words: ''Th

Bread lines and bomb craters. Scan the world today and you will see far fewer of each than a half ce

Headlines tell the story. A revved-up economy with record high employment has created a seller's mar

The list of grievances drawn up by rail shippers against the Surface Transportation Board is as leng

Nothing pleases a politician like a new bridge or dam, so it's no surprise that Portugal is going al

A top issue facing Congress this year is the reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportatio

It has housed princes and paupers and seen better days as a lunatic asylum, a hospital and an old fo

While we have been distracted by the on-again, off-again crisis in Iraq, significant events are taki

Indonesia's already serious problems just got worse. To no one's surprise, the famously corrupt Pres

The long-running hegemony of Germany's larger-than-life chancellor, Helmut Kohl, may be nearing an e

Call it the ''Millennial Syndrome'' or ''Ratings Anxiety.'' Whatever phrase applies, there is clearl

By all accounts, ''fast track'' negotiating authority is dead for this year, and probably until afte

At last December's climate change conference in Kyoto, Japan, the Clinton administration committed t

Give me the dateline and I'll tell you the accent - from Kabul to Peshawar, from Buulo Berde to Bata

When the allegations surrounding President Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky sur

With the next millennium in sight, New Europe is casting adrift from Old Europe.The future w

Kosher food can be hard to find in many towns across America and outside this country as well. So wh

The Clinton administration recently announced plans to invest $28 million of taxpayer money in new i

Approximately 4,500 cases have been filed in the United States Court of International Trade and more

The House this week is expected to pass a bill extending new apparel trade benefits to Africa, ahead

Britons are famous for their stiff upper lips, but they can also put their stomachs on the line for

The container shipping industry needs to take a hard, cold look at itself. For far too long it has s

U.S.-Chinese maritime relations, which have been on the upswing, face another key test in a round of

Big companies regularly get bad press, but they're a vital part of modern economies. In addition to

It's two o'clock in the morning inside a modest gray-painted apartment in the Swiss town of Berne. T

A CRASH COURSEIN TRUCK STATSYour recent Feb. 19, front-page story ''In high gear: debate ove

Warnings by semiconductor maker Intel Corp. late last week that earnings would drop sent global sto

U.S. exporters may soon get a tax break, but it's the Supreme Court, not tax-cutting Republicans, wh