Commentary

The U.S. Congress last week overwhelming approved legislation to implement the GATT Uruguay Round ag

Last week's approval of GATT legislation means the new World Trade Organization will startas planned

TRADE DISPUTES between Canada and the United States have always been easy to remember. A rhyme captu

Amtrak likely will be an eager and early target of the 104th Congress. Certainly there are l

Just five years ago, using trade and environment in the same sentence at a trade forum wasconsidered

IF EVER A PLACE needed an overhaul it's the House of Representatives. With that in mind, Republicans

At the economic center of Newt Gingrich's Contract With America, is a pledge to boost growth with an

GOVERNMENTS worldwide are opening their airports to private operators. Just last week officials from

More than 200 years ago, Samuel Johnson wrote, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life."

By passing a ballot initiative denying public benefits to illegal immigrants, Californians have igni

Since 1990, the United States has given more than $12 billion in aid to the Soviet Union, initially,

INTEL, the computer chip company, has taken a public beating over a minor flaw in its Pentium proces

The North American Free Trade Agreement threatens to put transportation workers out of work - but ex

Both House and Senate Republicans are still trying to decide who will get leadership positions on ma

Bribery, graft, nepotism and a general lack of concern for ethical conduct by public officials prese

THE GATT DEBATE IS OVER, but the global trade debate in this country has just begun. The United Stat

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION is turning over a much-needed new leaf in its dealings with Japan.

FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE IN ROMANIAI was completely taken aback by the gross distort

When the Republicans invade Congress en masse in January, one of their major goals will becutting th

When the heads of state of every country in the hemisphere except Cuba converge on Miami for the Dec

WITH THE GATT VOTE finally settled, the Clinton administration now turns its attention to free trade

AN UNSETTLED Mexico will watch today as a new president is sworn into office. Ernesto Zedill

THE HOUSE'S lopsided vote for the GATT provided a welcome boost before today's Senate showdown. Stil

Can there be a place where employers and employees risk legal action if they consult with each other

With the congressional vote on GATT reaching its conclusion today, we again should expect to hear an

The Nov. 20 elections in this oil-endowed state that straddles the Isthmus of Tehuantepec hold subst

US-FLAG SUPPORTERS WILL TRY AGAIN IN '95In his Nov. 17 opinion article, "Here's How

Saburo Sakai looks like your average aging salaryman. He is dressed in a gray, nondescript business

I had my epiphany on trade when I worked for a congressional agency. There I wore a steel crown, wri

NORWAY was always a long shot for membership in the European Union. It already had rejected Europe o

THERE WERE MANY Democratic casualties on Nov. 8, and some were not even running for re-election.

Watching from the shores of the Bosporus as passenger ferries zip across the bow of a huge bulk carr

WITH ITS MARITIME SUBSIDY PLAN dead for the year - and possibly forever - the Clinton administration

Labor leaders hit hard by the Republican takeover of Congress are finding some consolation in the pr

Leaders of the new Republican-led Congress already have outlined an ambitious program for the first

NEWT GINGRICH is satisfied. So is Bob Dole. In fact, most of the pieces are in place as Congress rec

GERMAN CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl has told citizens some unpleasant economic truths: The nation is overt

It seems implausible that now, with state and local governments required to meet stricter clean-air

BY THE END of this week, a bitter proxy fight for control of the Santa Fe railroad likely will be de

The war on smoking has put the rules of restaurants in flux. So while we're at it, how about banning