Commentary

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

BRAZIL'S NEW PRESIDENT, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, visits Washington next week to meet with Presiden

Commercial disputes between nations are nothing new, but the high seas fishing feud between Canada a

It's been observed that the art of taxation isn't too dissimilar to plucking a goose: You seek the g

Since Republicans gained control of Congress, America has been focused on the ''Contract With Americ

RAILROADING TODAY is testament to the power of competition and market pricing. After nearly disappea

Mexico's first trade surplus in four years might seem to confirm one of the arguments against the No

With showmanship reminiscent of car dealerships' TV ads for 72-hour ''sellathons," the House Republi

The Federal Reserve has been much in the news lately, charging around the foreign exchange landscape

UNILATERAL SANCTIONS DO NOT WORKSince I am quoted in your April 4 article on Iranian

Who has done more to alleviate poverty, Fidel Castro or Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express?<

The European Union lost the fish war with Canada the minute the Canadian coast guard arrested the Sp

IT WASN'T LONG AGO that hardly anyone could envision a U.S. dollar trading for less than 100Japanese

RUSSIA desperately needs foreign investment, but you wouldn't know it from the tax treatment of fore

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, like international trade, has taken off like a rocket in the last 25 years

The United States and the European Union are likely to cooperate more closely on antitrustmatters bu

One of the enduring mysteries of our capitalism is the tendency of corporations and their philanthro

Last year, the Clinton administration asked Congress to provide new trade negotiating authority to r

Big businesses fishing for changes in ocean shipping antitrust law have steered a clever course in t

One thing should be said about the famously angry American middle class. This may or may not be poli

FOR HALF A CENTURY beginning in 1940, the United States spent nearly $350 billion to build nuclear w

SEN. RICHARD LUGAR isn't considered a leading candidate for the 1996 Republican presidential nominat

The past few months have been fascinating and challenging ones for anyone who pretends to understand

Chile, says a new book, is a highly promising market for a wide range of U.S. exports, from farm and

Eastern Europe has had its share of bad news recently. Painful economic reforms and factional strife

ENRON CORP., the Houston-based natural gas company, grew spectacularly after natural gas deregulatio

PROTECT US PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CUBAYour March 29 editorial, "Wrongheaded on Cuba" (Pa

SHINE A LIGHT in a dark corner and the bugs are sure to scatter. That's the principle behind a new i

Conventional wisdom holds that with the demise a year ago of the health-care monstrosity proposed by

HOUSE REPUBLICANS are likely to pass a $188 billion tax cut this week, a measure they consider the c

Forget about just-in-time inventory, consensus decision-making or long-term thinking. Let's get to t

Denizens of downtown Manhattan spend inordinate amounts of time debating the purported, but spurious

The 1980s were a decade of economic expansion for both the United States and Western Europe. This ex

THE REGIONAL BELL telephone companies have won an important victory in the race to enter the long-di

The May 9 celebration in Moscow marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II was always g

JAPAN HAS BEEN CALLED a producer's heaven and a consumer's hell. To even that score, the Japanese go

CANADA SHOULD BARGAIN IN FISH CASEYour March 30 editorial "Fishy Claims" (Page 10A)

When the European Court of First Instance ruled recently that the EuropeanCommission had ove

The Maritime Administration is facing applications for over $1.5 billion in federal loan guarantees

Because I'm just old enough to believe that letters, and not telephones or faxes, are the best way t