Commentary

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

BOB DOLE continues to play dangerous games with GATT. The incoming Senate majority leader isnow thre

SPURRED BY REPUBLICAN CALLS to limit welfare to the poor, Labor Secretary Robert Reich is now urging

In the aftermath of the Republican landslide, it appears the GOP's "Contract With America" will get

Re, an Egyptian deity also known as Ra, seems to be making a comeback in 20th- century America - as

The Federal Reserve System drained more than $300 million in reserves from the nation's banks in lat

GLOBAL WARMING AND WEATHER DISASTERSYour Nov. 4 article, "Industry Told to Get Polit

As recently as two weeks ago it appeared the Dec. 9-11 Summit of the Americas in Miami was heading t

THE ROCKY ROAD to a subsidy-free global shipbuilding industry just got a little rockier. The Europea

Even by the historically rich and often volatile standards of Irish politics, last week was extraord

"At no time since the foundation of this Government has there been a deeper conviction of the advisa

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the spirit of cooperation from last week's APEC summit to wear offin Singapo

CLEAN AIR is not cheap, as many motorists will soon discover. On Jan. 1, gas stations serving 30 per

Everybody involved denies it, but there are strong indications the Maritime Administration will not

Now that Republican lawmakers will control the key tax-writing committees of Congress, can Americans

It is no small irony that the Republican victory at the polls has bought the Treasury sometime in it

AFTER A YEAR OF ROCKY RELATIONS with Japan, U.S. officials are in Tokyo to push their latestplan for

A STATE TAKEOVER OF LILCO MAKES SENSELewis M. Eisenberg is wrong in claiming New Yor

THE GENIUS OF THE FREE MARKET is that it can fill almost any need. For years, insurance companies up

Importers throughout the country are in danger of losing a U.S. Customs provision that saves them ti

Uncle Sam, is he some kind of schizoid? Years ago, there was a "Two Chinas" policy. Today it

It's a little late. What happened last week should have happened 10 years ago. When RonaldReagan was

Two years ago this newspaper published an open letter to the new Clinton administration and Transpor

CONGRESS WON'T VOTE on the GATT trade agreement for another two weeks, but already Bob Doleis workin

AS IF BOB DOLE'S trade court were not bad enough, senators from textile country are busy building th

FREE TRADE is a distant dream in many nations along the Pacific Rim, wherebarriers to trade

President Clinton likes to boast that he stanched the hemorrhage of red inkfrom the national

For many outside the region, Asia can look monolithic, a vast region with a scent of mystery, some w

As the new trade pact of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade awaits ratification inCongress,

The European Union has been spiked by a deadly cocktail of cynicism and national self-interest. The

Does Vermont congressman Bernie Sanders know something the pundits have missed? If anyone sh

First the EC, then Nafta, AFTA and the WTO. And now APEC. Is there enough room for anotherinternatio

JACQUES SANTER, it seems, has a backbone after all. In July, the former prime minister of Lu

Some of the brightest names in the U.S. foreign policy community were in the Capitol's ornate Madiso

Republicans and Democrats may join hands to pass the Uruguay Round global trade agreement in three w

During the now mercifully ended election campaign, both parties insisted they would not touch Social

RUSSIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS are worsening by the day. Last month, a dam built to contain leaks f

PRESIDENT CLINTON will be in Indonesia this week to participate in an economic summit of Asian-Pacif

It is easy to overgeneralize when discussing nations of the same region. In Latin America,for instan

The Wang family builds houses and rents them to other entrepreneurs. The Wangs have three children,