Commentary

Humble is not a word normally associated with the Group of 7 finance ministers. These are me

THERE ARE, INDEED, CAPTIVE SHIPPERSYour April 12 editorial, "Captive Shippers?" (Pag

THE DOLLAR'S DRUBBING on world currency markets has put finance ministers and central bankers in a s

While we live in an era of increasingly global markets, these markets are still greatly influenced b

It's happened as suddenly as a school of fish darting in a different direction. All at once, people

AFTER A 234-DAY STRIKE, major league baseball resumed business Tuesday, and a full slate of games is

The Federal Reserve abruptly closed its monetary faucet 14 months ago, thus ending three years of ex

Political strategist William Kristol has argued that most Americans are not ideological and, therefo

ANGRY AND CONFUSED, French voters head to the polls in less than two weeks to choose a new president

CLEARING UP A BORDER DISPUTEYour April 12 article, "Peru-Ecuador Conflict Slows Ande

Protesters last week renewed their efforts to block a highly lucrative trade for Britain: the export

MEXICO'S ECONOMY has begun to recover from its sudden shift into reverse, but the U.S. Congress may

As uncertainty grows about the role and longevity of NATO, its supporters are looking at new means t

STANDING FIRM FOR THE JONES ACTWe read with interest your recent articles on the nas

FIGHTING A SLIPPERY BANANA POLICYRosalind McLymont's March 28 "Trade Talk" column on

It's time to accept the fact that the nuclear genie can't be squeezed back into the bottle.

SADDLED WITH AN AGING FLEET of military transport planes, the U.S. Air Force needs a modern,efficien

Clinton administration officials are shrugging off the Japanese government's threat last week to tak

Less than four months into its new term, this "new look" 104th Congress is, in one respect at least,

COOLER HEADS finally have prevailed in the month-long standoff between Canada and the European Union

The term suggests an addiction, but the tone usually conveys admiration. That hard-charging football

The American people, it seems, are in no mood for a birthday party. Rather, Earth Day 25 catches us

PRESIDENT CLINTON struck the right chord when he was asked Tuesday evening how the government should

Massachusetts Governor William Weld recently asked for federal disaster aid for his state's coastal

CUSTOMS: PROGRESS WITH AUTOMATIONI was distressed to read Eric Hirschhorn's March 28

FOUR OLD SHIPS owned by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. of Tampa will head for scrap yards in the Far East

Nafta we have. Maybe someday there will be an Afta, even a Safta. And how about a Tafta, too?

THE PARADE of U.S. officials traveling to India continued this week with a visit by Treasury Secreta

THE WORLD'S major nations, fresh from a $50 billion rescue package for Mexico, are looking for ways

Brazil's president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, is in Washington this week fresh from his first 100 d

She leaned toward me and lowered her voice in a conspiratorial tone. The picture of elegance, my 70-

America is about to pass a dubious milestone. In the next few months, federal, state and local gover

REPUBLICANS hunting for regulatory horror stories need look no further than the Commerce Department,

This past winter, all eyes were on the United States and China as they traded threats of trade retal

AMTRAK DESERVES MORE SUPPORTYour March 30 editorial, "Amtrak's Future" (Page 10A), c

Jacques Chirac, who has been mayor of Paris for 18 years, once said, "What we have done for Paris wi

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's relatively transparent and resounding victory in last Sunday's

UPS TALKS MEXICO'S LAST HOPE UPS officials are expected to meet today with the Mexican gover

The dollar continued its death-defying plunge against the Japanese and German currencies last week w

FIDEL CASTRO knows how to get Bill Clinton's attention. Faced with a congressional plan to tighten t