Commentary

The United Nations Environment Program is facing growing competition for the mantle of U.N. leadersh

WITH ALL THE INTEREST in new free trade agreements - in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere a

PRESIDENT CLINTON and Republicans in Congress once again are on a collision course over U.S.trade po

Ports play an essential role in the U.S. economy, defense and environment. They meet the demand for

The more we listen to current commentaries on economic developments, the more we're remindedof the c

Even as the European Union expands north into most of Scandinavia, it is suffering a crisis of confi

AIRLINES HAVE A TALENT for marketing: frequent flyer programs, hotel vacation packages and fly-drive

Last July, at the seven-power economic summit in Naples, President Clinton proposed something tentat

After 25 years of communist rule, Vietnam is rapidly moving from the shadows of socialism and into t

A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR SEN. GRASSLEYIn your Dec. 13 edition you quoted Sen. Charles G

SOME OF THE PRESSURE on Mexico's beleaguered currency eased this week on news of a possible internat

An idea for a new sales tax is spreading at the state level. Called the Advance Disposal Fee, it is

The recently concluded economic and trade Summit of the Americas was notable not only for who was, b

To: THE CHIEF. From: Chieflet, policy planning staff.Re: The economo-political reality.<

One of the persistent Clintonian themes of the 1994 campaign still endures: If ''it's the economy, s

SOME PEOPLE'S PLANS for the new year are truly bold. Consider Stuart Eunson, a 27-year-oldAmerican,

I suppose that after this piece another invitation to a sumptuous dinner at the splendidlyappointed

AIRLINE SERVICE between the United States and Canada is about to take off. After 20 years ofrestrict

Social Security is racing toward a cliff. The system is at war with itself. As the pool of s

Next year the United States celebrates the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. With that in

TALKS BETWEEN the United States and Canada over tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway are over - Canada l

WHO'S AFRAID of Bugs Bunny? Otherwise levelheaded adults in the Belgian government, who have been tr

Mr. Clinton's basic promise to the American people, as well as the central dilemma of his administra

With a Democratic president facing a Republican Congress, and a presidential election on the horizon

A CHEERFUL HOLIDAY MESSAGE comes this year from an unlikely source: the usually subdued economists a

The United States exports a variety of goods, ranging from apples to autos, hay cubes to heavy machi

HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRADE IN ROMANIAYour Nov. 18 article on human rights in Romania sug

CANADA'S DECISION to pull Country Music Television from the airwaves to help a competing domestic br

The specter of a Canadian-style rout now faces the British government as the traditionally Tory-supp

After a long delay, new financial guarantee requirements under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990(OPA-90)

WHEN THE NEW WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION opens for business next week, the world's most populous countr

he of the red costume, twinkling eyes and astonishing feats of reindeer transport - was not always t

Not being a politician, I can say anything I like about Social Security - even the truth. And the tr

New trade negotiating authority for President Clinton will be one of the many issues competing for s

BUILDING UP THE US FLEETThe United States remains the world's largest importer and e

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA may soon break up one of their biggest trade logjams: the dispute over

It is not written in the stars that whenever Americans take up a political debate they must do so in

By the year 2005, if all goes well, we will have the FTAA - the Free Trade Area of the Americas, rea

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform has come and gone, leavingbarely a m

Who says art doesn't imitate life? "The Salaryman Who Became Naked," a musical that is drawing huge