Commentary

Shippers, passengers and policy-makers are in a tizzy as Amtrak strike deadlines come and go. Meanwh

Japan's social system is about to undergo revolutionary change.There's a growing consensus t

Insurance companies dodged a bullet in New Jersey.Democrat Jim McGreevey narrowly missed an

The statistics are inconclusive, but many investors have soured on Vietnam. Journalists, commentator

Carpets made in South Asia will be the first products subject to a new U.S. law banning imports made

Watching the protest that marked the recent launch of the Cassini mission to Saturn clearly demonstr

The latest fix the European Union is considering for its huge unemployment problem is a ''code of co

France is balking at opening its rail market to British carriers in return for a 34-year concession

The separation of state and business took the first step in Russia Wednesday when President Boris Ye

The U.S. Supreme Court decision this week opening the door for manufacturers to fix prices sounds li

The federal budget deficit, which has helped to define American politics for more than 20 years, is

When Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo says the United States should compensate his country for the

The visit by China's Jiang Zemin brought great expectations for stronger economic cooperation betwee

Pity poor Benazir Bhutto. Pity poor Pakistan.Some say the country is a product of the Bhutto

Congress votes this week on whether to give President Clinton fast-track negotiating authority to ex

As you're reading this, it is likely that a Union Pacific freight train is rolling through the spect

Never do business with your family is an adage Indonesian President Suharto should have followed yea

BELARUS MAKINGGRADUAL PROGRESSYour Friday, Oct. 10, 1997, report on Page 3A headlined ''U.S.

The Clinton administration Tuesday won an important skirmish in its battle for expanded trade negoti

Every time you fill up at a gas pump, unwrap some prepackaged food, or wear clothes made from synthe

There's a lot of talk these days about intermodalism - one could be forgiven for thinking it's a new

The new world depends not only on how we bridge our differences in opening markets, but how we build

The European Commission and the European Monetary Institute, the forerunner of the European Central

Historically, modes of transportation were relatively unconnected and largely served domestic needs,

What supports one out of every five U.S. manufacturing jobs and one out of every three acres planted

Earlier this year, a computer with a name defeated a reigning chess champion in a symbolic victory t

John J. Fialka, in his book, ''War by Other Means,'' relates the story of Francis Cabot Lowell, whos

It's becoming a French tradition. As soon as retailers stock up for Christmas, the truckers go on st

Transportation is something most people don't think about until things go wrong. Over the past three

The visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin was just what Washington, a city gripped by political sca

A dramatic combination of developments in the past decade has contributed to rapid growth in the Isr

As Congress begins debate over the highway funding bill (known by its acronym Istea, pronounced ''ic

When Joe Liemandt decided to drop out of Stanford University, he had more than his father's wrath to

Is the nation ready for El Nino? Michael Duve wants to know.''Acapulco wiped out,'' he frett

Europe's inward investment agencies are waging civil war.In the past, the bidding for foreig

China's President Jiang Zemin went out of his way to meet with members of the Chinese-American commu

The European Union is expected to make a last-ditch effort today to overturn a July World Trade Orga

The future of the World Trade Organization may depend on a case that is expected to be resolved in t

Whether Worldcom Chief Executive Bernard J. Ebbers is successful or not in consummating his $30 bill

Ireland's problem used to be that it had too many people for too few jobs. New figures from the Cent