Commentary

China's leader Deng Xiaoping celebrated his 90th birthday this month, even as the "news"that he is c

Mexico's President Carlos Salinas ends his six-year term this year by adding democratic reform to hi

What will Washington turn to once Congress and its staff have recovered from their labors on the cri

Argentina finds itself uncomfortably in the international spotlight - not for battling hyperinflatio

Russian television has been blanketed for months by the happy financial exploits of LyonyaGolubkov,

FISHING FLEETS around the world are busily working toward their own demise. For years, scien

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference, where the framework for the

Action by the Federal Reserve System to boost short-term interest rates will make a tight monetary p

It's 4:30 in the morning as I emerge from my tent at a mountain pass just below Okuhotaka, Japan's t

HOUSE REPUBLICANS cried "Pork!" during the crime bill debate, but another brand of bacon _the highwa

American industry is making the painful but necessary transition to a more competitive global market

THE BIG TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL moving through the Senate would boost competition for industries onc

SOUTH AFRICA'S democratically elected government is a welcome change after decades of white dominati

TRUCKERS FIGHT FUEL TAX EVASIONI am writing in regard to your Aug. 11 article, "US Steps Up

The fate of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which regulates the nation's trucking and railroad i

"The final insult" was how one senior British maritime industry official privately summed up his vie

As Congress gets down to the wire on health care reform, most Americans find themselves dismayed at

THE UNITED NATIONS does many things well, but regulating private markets is not one of them.

Every six years Mexico goes through a political upheaval in which a new leader is selected for the n

Pressure is growing in Congress for withholding repayment of some $450 million owed Canada in a long

We've been hearing, with an intensifying drumbeat, how Asia-Pacific is tomorrow's market. Well, not

MEXICO'S HISTORIC ELECTION this Sunday is shaping up as the cleanest in its history. That hardly mea

Unless the Virgin of Guadalupe intervenes to prevent it, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, presidential

YOU CAN TAKE French-speaking Canadians out of Acadia, but . . . This month, for the first ti

FOR MANY AMERICANS, Latin America is still an economic backwater plagued by widespread poverty, runa

During last year's Nafta debate, the Clinton administration promised that free trade between Mexico

Despite last week's stunning blow to the crime bill, President Clinton is still hammering on Congres

Mexico's 47.5 million registered voters go to the polls on Aug. 21 to elect a president, 96 senators

IF HARD WORK PAYS, Americans should have a bright future. Americans work longer hours than p

Lacking the compass of macroeconomic policy, the Japanese economy drifts in a vicious circle of yen

The universal health care plan that Congress is now debating would create an enormous new federal en

IT'S TAKEN 13 MONTHS, but the United States and Japan finally have reached a partial agreement in th

Last December Jacques Delors, then president of the European Commission, issued a white paper on "Gr

SEAFARERS' HOUSING: A YMCA PROJECTWe appreciate your fine "On the Move" profile of the Rev.

The GATT world trade agreement now before Congress is a remarkably strong document, the product of e

It is August in Europe. Across the continent shops and restaurants are shuttered. The street

DESPITE THREATS to its crime and health bills, the Clinton administration is steadily movingthe GATT

THE TOWN DUMP isn't what it used to be. Until the early 1980s, most household and businesswaste - pa

A bill providing new maritime operating subsidies for some U.S.-flag ships is running into more oppo

It is a common belief that U.S. service exports will offset the large and persistent U.S. merchandis