Commentary

In the next few years, millenialists the world over will be gathering to usher in the new decade and

THE CAMPAIGN to deregulate the ocean shipping business is in danger of running aground in the Senate

TRADE among Pacific Rim nations - especially between the United States and East Asia - is growing as

NEEDED: A RAIL PASSENGER TRUST FUNDAs a student of transportation history and now a

If it's true that bad news sells well, then it's doubly so for bad economic news. Americans

Mae West, where are you? After watching U.S. airlines roll out their second- quarter earnings report

HOUSE REPUBLICANS have pledged to end government meddling in agriculture. Next week, they get a chan

With its 3.2 billion people, Asia is the world's fastest growing region in terms of national product

MICKEY KANTOR has declared a truce in America's wheat war with Canada, although not without the usua

INTERNATIONAL TRADE, especially with poorer countries, is the chief cause of depressed wages and los

DON'T TAKE PORTS FOR GRANTEDYour Aug. 23 editorial, "Harbor Fees" (Page 6A), offers

The budget bellyaching coming out of the research establishment obscures the serious matter of wheth

As the economy moves into the home stretch for 1995, investors should expect moderate growth and low

It's Obon season, the week in August when Japanese salarymen take their vacation. All at the same ti

On Sept. 1, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo delivered a no-frills state of the nation address that

THE ROCKY MARRIAGE between Quebec and Canada may be headed for divorce. This week, Quebec's separati

WORKERS' COMPENSATION, the sick man of insurance only a few years ago, is back to robust health.

AFTER five years of costly battles, Wal-Mart finally has won the right to operate in Vermont. The gi

REPUBLICANS ARE RUSHING to privatize everything in sight - everything, that is, except the one gover

It seemed like a match made in railroad heaven. Germany's national railroad system, Deutsche

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE JONES ACTThe comments attributed to industry lobbyists in your June 23 a

Russia needs investment in modern technology and more financial experiencefrom the West if i

While peace talks drag on between Israel and the Palestinians and the Syrians, the quiet pioneers in

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION is still hounding former airline executive Frank Lorenzo. Last week the T

BOB PACKWOOD'S SENATE CAREER lies in ruins, the inevitable result of repeated lying, evidence tamper

Bolivia is undertaking a novel experiment that offers new hope for that nation's citizens and promis

MARITIME OFFICIALS and media in several of the nation's leading port cities can expect a visit this

UNCTAD SUPPORTED TRADE SERVICES DEALKeith Rockwell's July 21 opinion article, "Resha

There is a troubling, almost sinister, tone to the immigration argument advanced by several Republic

* A Nafta dispute panelist, one of five examining a Mexican anti-dumping decision against U.S. expor

BELGIUM joined eight other European countries this week by signing an "open skies" aviation agreemen

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION has long been Central America's Holy Grail, a means ofhelping the regio

RUSSIA may have come in dead last on the World Economic Forum's list of competitive economies, but p

THE CASE FOR AMTRAK SUBSIDIESIn his Aug. 30 opinion article, William D. Fay criticiz

CAL RIPKEN isn't the only one on a streak. For the second straight year, the United States was rated

Nobody wants to share the road with exhausted truck drivers. I certainly don't, and I own a trucking

While it's still too early to declare victory, the signs are growing stronger that Mexico's determin

America's trade relations with Japan appear to be entering a disturbing new phase characterized more

IF CHINESE OFFICIALS thought Hillary Clinton would hold her tongue at the U.N. women's conference, t

MOST AIRLINE PASSENGERS don't know it, but the compensation their families would automatically recei