Commentary

This year you expect to spend $816, on average, during the holiday season, according to a new survey

GENEVA DEBATEIS WELCOMEDStephen Lamar's article ''U.S. Misguided Trade Activism,'' which app

Drums are about to roll, trumpets to blare, as President Clinton and other leaders convene in Vancou

President Clinton has already proved that he is not afraid to order the use of military force. The t

Sixty years ago, France was fortifying its Maginot Line against likely German invaders. And, across

Events in the Middle East in recent days underscore the need for the United States and other Western

Quietly and without fanfare, Asian markets are being slowly closed to U.S. products. This is no acci

From London to Tokyo and everywhere in between, the United States has been delivering a forceful mes

If you listened to lawmakers as they left Washington last week, Congress deserves credit for just ab

The volatility of the global stock markets has tested economies throughout the world. And, clearly,

Six months ago, Hong Kong investors were lining up to buy into a bundled-up medley of businesses has

In his rush to praise the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization, Leo Abruzzese i

As a former federal mediator of rail disputes and a member of Rep. Bud Shuster's, R-Pa., Blue Ribbon

ORGANIZED LABOR'S successful campaign against fast-track trade authority may have permanently altere

Besieged Czech Premier Vaclav Klaus doesn't want a national referendum on his country's entry into N

KEEP FOREIGNVESSELS OUTIn Davis Helberg's column titled ''On the Waterfront'' (Oct. 21 Page

The Brazil-led Mercosur trading bloc has dealt another blow to hemispheric free trade by proposing t

The Clinton administration and the Republican leadership would have us believe that free trade and f

During the past couple of months, we have worked closely with both CSX and Norfolk Southern to resol

The failure of the House of Representatives to approve fast-track legislation is a blow to future tr

In its bid to salvage the Mideast peace process, the Clinton administration has identified trade as

For 15 years, I've been telling the world's export farmers that Asia should become the biggest impor

The Russians have a hot line with China; we have a hot line. They have a ''strategic partnership;''

While fashionable to discuss overpopulation as an intractable predicament confronting the world, the

Congress has lost a stunning opportunity to reform the Food and Drug Administration. The authorizati

These are shaky times as Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea and Brazil see their economies stumble bad

Passengers on the London subway could soon be watching films projected onto screens fixed to the tun

Even as the Clinton administration struggles in its bid to forge a Free Trade Area of the Americas f

Three years ago, the 18 member governments of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum pledged to

The Clinton-Jiang summit was a success.While expressing legitimate disappointment about Chin

RATE-MAKING IMMUNITYISSUE REVISITEDIn the Oct. 3, 1997, issue of The Journal of Commerce on

My town could be Anytown, U.S.A.. The people on my block work hard and look forward to their retirem

The global economy is poised for major shifts as we approach the 21st century. All those involved in

When the European Union began laying corner- stones for economic integration in the mid-1980s, gov

It's not just Europe's business sector that's readying itself for economic and monetary union. Publi

With the ''fast track'' bill dead for this year, the ad- ministration quickly switched into spin-co

Let's talk about how much we all hate the IRS and what Congress is doing about it.There can'

First China, then Japan, followed by the countries of Southeast Asia.Now in the final chapte

When world leaders meet to hammer out an international treaty on climate change this December, one o

This business of federal trustbusters' barging heedlessly into toy land, unsettling small children -