Commentary

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram wants to bring India's budget deficit down to 4.5 percent of gross d

To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the CIA this week is unveiling an intriguing exhibit of Cold Wa

As the Clinton administration asks Congress for a renewal of fast-track authority in negotiating int

All of the controversy surrounding the NAACP's recent debate over school desegregation missed the re

The European Union is about to authorize another round of shipbuilding subsidies and, thanks to the

A few weeks ago Commerce Secretary William Daley raised a few eyebrows, if not hackles.The U

The Internal Revenue Service follows certain patterns in selecting returns to audit.The best

From a distance, it looks like a straightforward debate over spending priorities: Should the governm

Career bureaucrats in Japan wield more power than elected politicians today, in contrast to the Unit

Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., has blinked and taxpayers are the beneficiary.Mr. Shuster agreed Tu

On Tuesday, President Clinton formally kicked off his administration's long-awaited campaign for fas

FOSTERING OPENTRADING SYSTEMSSusan Aaronson is right to lay out a commonsense case why Congr

In recent weeks, two views have emerged on the current state of the economy and whether it has chang

Many investors missed warning signs that preceded the wave of currency devaluations seen this summer

If you use electronic mail, you've probably received it.It comes unannounced and usually unw

Call it what you want. A war between an upstart politician on the make vs. an entrenched Senate cran

Remember July's historic balanced-budget agreement? Bud Shuster apparently cannot. The Pennsylvania

In the short run, the fallout from rapidly changing technology will be an environment where plants a

Republicans have tried for years to overhaul the tax code. Yet when given their first opportunity in

CONFUSION REIGNSABOUT CUBA BUSINESS I am writing to offer a clarification regarding statemen

China's long history of central leadership struggling to control a far-flung empire has often left s

The director general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, said recently that larg

October brings the Nobel prizes, and with these most celebrated awards come real but rarely asked qu

First, this basic fact about unilateral trade sanctions: Overwhelmingly, they do not work. Also they

A little over 20 years ago (Sept. 7, 1977), the Panama Canal Treaties were signed in Washington, tra

Three times since March 1996 President Clinton has denied Americans the right to sue foreign compani

At a time the U.S. Treasury is redesigning America's currency to foil the fine art of high-tech coun

The European Union's 15 member countries are wrangling over future budgets, a sure sign that interna

Republicans are now debating what to do with the budget surplus that they and others see in the fisc

Absurd jury verdicts in product liability cases once were rare enough to be considered an aberration

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has positioned himself as a champion of political and econ

As the White House searches for votes in Congress to secure ''fast track'' trade negotiating authori

Japan's collapse in the early 1990s came as a major surprise. A country that had lectured the United

FEINSTEIN'S CUSTOMSCHOICE DISPUTEDThe Pacific Coast Council's endorsement of California Demo

Let's assume for the moment that Madeleine Albright somehow gets the Israelis and Palestinians talki

''Our best price is guaranteed. We will not be undersold! For a limited time, get 20 percent off the

At the NATO summit meeting in Spain this summer, the momentous decision was made to expand the allia

Last month, Moscow impressed Russia's trading partners by extending a generous trade liberalization

The federal government is happily enjoying the political pleasure of cutting taxes. But on the horiz

In school, September meant writing themes on ''How I Spent My Summer Vacation.'' The congressional e