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Editor's note: America's 21-year-old ban on exporting Alaskan oil has been the subject of renewed in

Once the world's most important textile crop, hemp was banned in the late 1930s because smoking its

GOVERNMENTS limit the number of airlines that can fly between pairs of countries, but airlines incre

When Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed their peace declaration last September,

The Clinton administration is headed for a showdown with Japan and other nations on Sept. 30 when it

SENATE REPUBLICANS have become co-conspirators in the attack on the trade bill. Sen. Minority Leader

Transportation costs play an increasingly important role in global trade. That's especially true alo

TAIWAN'S BID to enter the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is already producing results for co

As the economy rounds the Labor Day corner into the home stretch for 1994, investors should prepare

With a Senate vote approaching to ratify a United Nations treaty to ban chemical weapons, critics ar

TRACTOR-TRAILERS require considerably more driving skill than small delivery vans, a fact Congress r

Is inflation poised to move higher, perhaps to the double-digit levels last seen from 1979 to 1981?<

FREE TRADE in the Asia Pacific region, home to many of the world's powerhouse economies, is a heady

Does your VCR always flash the same time - 12:00? The blinking digital clock on the videocas

And so a breakthrough in Ireland. With the announcement by the Irish Republican Army that "there wil

PROTECTING OCEANS, FISH - AND TEXTILESYour editorial on fish ("Fish Story," Aug. 25, Page 6A

LABOR DAY in developed nations has traditionally been associated with unions. The holiday, after all

PROSPECTS FOR PEACE in Northern Ireland could bring something else the region desperately needs: a s

Clarkstown, N.Y., had a problem. Several years ago it built a new solid waste processing facility th

Labor Day weekend - the last holiday of summer - will see a record 33.3 million travelers on the roa

FIXING THE RECORD ON AUTO CONTAINERSThank you for your coverage of the new AutoRailer Interm

Bold vision or pipe dream? A group of 16 "eminent persons" from 15 Asia-Pacific countries pl

Bill Clinton's election brought renewed hope and expectations to organized labor. Unions representin

COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN has had a busy week brokering deals for U.S. companies in China. The re

THERE IS A CLEAR LINE between promoting U.S. exports, which Ron Brown is doing in China thisweek, an

American voters sent Bill Clinton to the White House largely because he promised to create "good job

When the Berlin Wall crumbled in late 1989, many people spoke glowingly of the prospects for interna

Unlike the United States, Japan provides medical coverage for everyone, citizens and foreign residen

FIDEL CASTRO has an excuse for everything. Last week, as thousands of Cubans fled the island

AS EXPECTED, striking railroad workers at the Soo Line Railroad have run to the government for help.

DREDGING NEEDS REALISTIC SOLUTIONYour recent articles discussing the endorsement by environm

THE LAST 10 YEARS have been volatile ones for the European Union, lurching as it has from Single Mar

As school bells ring across the country, it is an appropriate time to reflect upon the plight of Ame

After basking in the hottest summer in decades, Europe is enjoying yet another unexpected treat: eco

There's growing talk that Rep. Sam Gibbons, D-Fla., may not be anointed as expected next year as the

BY ANY MEASURE, public education in the United States is a big business. It employs 2.5 million teac

It has become a cliche among political analysts that the old ideological categories don't mean much

Last week's national elections here produced an emphatic victory for Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon,

EMBARGOES are only as strong as their weakest link, as Canada's thriving trade with Cuba is proving.

THE SOO LINE RAILROAD, which crisscrosses America's Midwest, is in the 43rd day of an increasingly b