Commentary

The elections are shaping up to be a referendum. Not on Bill Clinton or even on the Democratic Party

Recent media attacks on The Body Shop and on Anita and Gordon Roddick, the leaders of a social movem

AIR FRANCE, the coddled French national airline, is still trying to block access by foreign airlines

THE PEACE AGREEMENT between Israel and Jordan is another important step in the transformation of the

ANOTHER LOOK AT FOREIGN TRADE ZONESAs someone who has been involved in the planning,

TRUCKING COMPANIES will have more economic freedom in 1995 than ever before. For many, the cutbacks

Regional free trade is an idea that has taken hold among Western Hemisphere governments. Nearly ever

It's back. Just when global warming appeared to have suffered the same fate as the global cooling sc

THE RESULTS ARE IN on the first labor disputes brought for review under the North American Free Trad

INDIA, like many developing countries, needs roads and bridges, but officials in New Delhi are using

REAL FACTS ON FOREIGN TRADE ZONESYour Aug. 19 article, "Free Trade Zones Have Mixed Record"

It wasn't supposed to be this way, but the dollar is again hitting new lows relative to the Japanese

American voters are fighting mad, and they don't care who knows it. Despite good gains in total empl

CHINA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM is largely government-controlled, but foreign companies are making inroads.

Scientists mean well. Seeing humanity swilling down coffee, tea and other caffeine-rich products in

AMERICA'S ANTI-DUMPING LAW, that great black hole of the U.S. trading system, sucks in anything that

After Japanese auto imports were held off for years with hard-fought trade agreements, export restra

The European Union will flesh out its new strategy for extending the bloc's frontiers into Eastern E

The dollar is worth less than 100 yen, a barrier it first broke in early August. Even as thegreenbac

The maritime industry, already reeling from Congress' failure this year to extend maritimesubsidies,

MIKE ESPY, the outgoing secretary of Agriculture, launched a long overdue reorganization anddownsizi

A bald eagle wheels over Yellowstone Lake, drifting on the wind halfway between heaven and earth. Gr

MANY VOTERS in Norway and Sweden are getting cold feet over joining the European Union. The

MOST U.S EXPORTERS should prosper from the new GATT trade deal, but the results for Americanfarm exp

US OFFICIALS WRONGLY CRITICIZE MEXICOI consider the recent complaints of John Harris, commer

The discovery of oil in Colombia's Cusiana oil field presents both an important opportunity and a po

Germany's governing coalition has hung onto power with a majority that is anything but the convincin

Imagine, if you will, a midterm election in which the president's party can take the normal chunk of

RIVAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES are starting to pry open Japan's communications market, which has long bee

GOOD RIDDANCE TO TONNAGE TAX PLANA tip of the hat for your Sept. 23 editorial on the ill-con

Pity Mexico's presidents. During their six-year term they boast the powers of a British monarch, a U

UNDER FIRE FROM REGULATORS on two continents, the government-approved cartel that dominates North At

Most reports out of Russia recently have been encouraging. Foreign investment is up, privatization i

An extraordinary midsummer surge in business inventories appears to have propelled the nation's outp

LAST SUMMER'S Soo Line strike, the longest railroad shutdown in 16 years, needn't have happened. Arb

In spite of a concerted effort in the last few weeks of the 103rd Congress, legislation to reform th

THE OPINION-WRITING BUSINESS can be dangerous in Singapore, as a visiting American has discovered.

Last month, Chiquita Brands International petitioned the Clinton administration to investigate banan

ANOTHER GERMAN ELECTION, another victory for Helmut Kohl. But for Germany's chancellor andhis ruling

The spectacular plunge and equally bizarre ascent of the Russian ruble last week provided the world