Commentary

The new Socialist government of France is engaged in a political pas de deux with the labor unions t

The political attention recently given to the NATO accession of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hunga

Washington's relations with Mexico, which seemed to improve after President Clinton's trip there in

On a Monday morning in June, I arrived at Oxford station to board the first of three trains that I n

Can America's allies be trusted to stand by us in time of war? This question has been much on the mi

The biggest scandal today in Russia is the highly publicized spat between First Vice Premiers Anatol

Tradition evidently dies hard at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, where key aides stand a

There is a new world disorder in international steel trade, and American steel producers and workers

AN OPEN LETTER TO THEPOSTMASTER-GENERALThe following is an open letter from a Journal of Com

Through most of this decade, the U.S. steel market has been strong, dynamic and highly competitive.<

The Senate Agriculture Committee and environmentalist Lester Brown of the Worldwatch Institute think

A recent study by the California World Trade Commission comes to the same conclusion as most U.S. bu

SINCE WHEN ARE TRADEGAPS BAD ECONOMIC NEWS?It's disheartening to see a publication that shou

One of every five small businesses decides not to hire more employees, expand its business, introduc

The National Industrial Transportation League, which represents large shippers, is championing the O

Even from his vacation retreat, President Clinton is busy building support for a congressional vote

Organized labor, feeling its oats after the Teamsters' settlement with United Parcel Service, has pi

Regardless of what you think about the outcome of the strike recently settled at United Parcel Servi

When floodwaters threatened Germany's easternmost region this summer, sandbaggers from all over the

TAIWAN AND THE WTO:WHAT'S THE RUSH?I read with interest Greg Mastel's Aug. 14 opinion articl

The American Medical Association wisely withdrew last week from its brief flirtation with marketing:

Not much news is breaking these days, especially inside the Washington Beltway. So to help you while

The United States is about to embark on another round of trade expansion initiatives. The Clinton Ad

If you had lent someone $25 to buy medicine and he promptly gambled it away at the racetrack, you'd

FedEx Chairman Fred Smith's unguarded comments to The Washington Post last week about his face-to-fa

If you want to know whether English is really the nation's official language, it's wise to ask a rea

Visitors to Thailand come away enchanted with the Thai people and impressed by the country's economi

One conclusion is inescapable in the round of finger-pointing that has followed the tragedy of ValuJ

The science establishment is in one of its periodic snits over what it sneeringly deplores as quack

The United Parcel Service strike that ended earlier this week proves anew that often the strike is t

Could short lines be rhinestone railroads? Could the future of pocket-sized railroads - most only a

AMERICA'S RESISTANCETO METRIC SYSTEMYour Aug. 8 front-page article about the European Union'

Some of my fellow Middle East watchers have been getting a bit anxious lately. They have been jumpin

Further evidence that the two-week Teamster strike against United Parcel Service may hurt the long-t

The successful completion of the 1997 World Trade Organization agreement on telecommunications servi

It's no secret that Americans are frustrated by the inefficiencies they experience in their encounte

What do Mexico's recent elections augur for the country's future?For better or worse, the ol

Ron Carey and the Teamsters union are celebrating the outcome of their strike against United Parcel

Scratching around in the policy dirt to come up with proposals that are popular, noncontroversial an

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's political heavyweight, resisted the urge last week to rage against globa