Commentary

Recently, William D. Fay, chief executive of the Highway Users Federation for Safety and Mobility, u

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

In response to years of criticism of U.S. foreign aid programs, Congress has significantly reduced t

SOME OF THE WORLD'S POOREST entrepreneurs are also its best credit risks, according to pioneers in t

The reputation of Lloyd's of London may have taken a terrible battering over the past decade, but th

NO TAX BREAK FOR AIRLINESMichael K. Lowry's opinion article, "Stop the Planned Airli

FRANCE'S NEW PRESIDENT, Jacques Chirac, promised an economic revolution when he took office in May.

From on high came the order. Pack all your files (piles), phone books, paper clips and used computer

This weekend, we pause to recognize those who toil in our factories, who drive the trucks and operat

IT'S NO SECRET that America's labor unions are in decline. What's less well- known is why. Certainly

Americans stand to save billions of dollars in energy costs if regulators eliminate the monopoly pow

MANAGERS of the Energy Department's tortuously slow cleanup of the nation's nuclear weapons producti

PORT PRIVATIZATION ISN'T A PANACEAYour Aug. 23 editorial, "Harbor Fees" (Page 6A), i

FREEING TRADE AND INVESTMENT in a vast region representing half the world's economy was never going

Apparently responding to data suggesting a strengthening economy, the Federal Reserve took a pass on

SMALLER GOVERNMENT may be the theme in Washington, but the work force in at least one state, Michiga

First it was Mexico, now Chile. In the debate over free trade, proponents argued against set

When Congress goes back to Washington after Labor Day, the federal budget will be at center stage. D

HEALTH REFORM, at least the grandiose variety attempted last year, is all but dead on Capitol Hill.

WHEN IT COMES to fighting imports, Detroit's automakers have nothing on North Dakota's farmers. Whea

It is with great reluctance that I take aim at the financially troubled, and nearly bankrupt, Amtrak

The Republic of Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, celebrated its 50th year of inde

In a recent news conference, President Clinton suggested that Japan's ''apology" for World War II is

POSTMASTER GENERAL Marvin Runyon made a startling pledge Monday: "Before the end of this century, I

"TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS," the defining issue of the 1992 election, is back. This summer, Dem

Write this name down: Lukoil. Americans soon may become as familiar with that strange-soundi

US TRANSCONTINENTAL RAIL: ON TRACKA transcontinental rail system is very much in the

A CALIFORNIA charter company has found a new way to attract the growing ranks of adventure-travel bu

The gray, 12-story stone building in eastern Berlin is now partly deserted, if we don't count the gh

IMAGINE THE REACTION if General Motors stopped selling Chevrolets and focused only on newer name-pla

The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to act quickly after Congress returns next week on tw

If free trade confers so many benefits, why is economic nationalism reviving in popularity among ave

RISING CRIME is the dark side of Russia's economic reforms, but growing lawlessness is not confined

It was the July 1994 Naples economic summit and U.S. officials were trying to head off growing globa

During the past two years, U.S. airlines have been exempt from federal excise taxes collected on the

In this era of downsizing, re-engineering and otherwise making corporate America lean and mean, inqu

THE FEDERAL SUPERFUND PROGRAM, intended to clean up hazardous waste sites around the country, has be

JAPAN'S GIANT BANKS, once a symbol of the country's economic might, are scrambling to keep their hea

THE NEXT TIME a government pleads poverty, consider this: In 1993, the latest year for which figures

In order to bring less complexity, lower compliance costs and greater fairness to the U.S. tax syste