Commentary

AMID LAST WEEK'S clamor in Congress over the pending world trade deal, the Clinton administration sc

The American Trucking Associations is keeping a close eye on the Environmental Protection Agency's i

EUROPE'S SUBSIDY TAP opened again last week and $6 billion in government aid came pouring out. That'

The bloody war over the picturesque mountain enclave of Nagorno Karabakh in the Caucasus has continu

Economists, politicians and editorial writers periodically warn that low investment and saving rates

The nature of fierce fights between labor and management has changed greatly over the decades as uni

India is fast becoming an attractive market for investment. British, German and Japanese businesses

IT'S TIME for the Clinton administration to resume aviation talks with Britain and Japan. The United

GOVERNMENTS around the world are racing to keep up with the surge in telecommunications deals. In Eu

NEW CUSTOMS PROGRAM WORKS WELLYour July 14 article, "Users Give Poor Grades to NY-NJ Customs

As the debate over reforming the U.S. health-care system shifts into high gear, there are those who

IF YOU'RE A TRANSPORTATION LAWYER, life just got more complicated. Earlier this month, while

FOR ALL THE RECENT ADVANCES in banking - from automated teller machines to electronic money transfer

It is time to go on vacation but I shall not be going to Britain. In fact, I had to dash the followi

You probably remember how the debate over China's most-favored-nation trading status turned out. Chi

LOOK WHO'S GETTING THE FREE LUNCHAnyone who wonders why the funding provisions of th

President Clinton and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan are sometimes at odds, but lately they

TOLLS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY have long been a source of dispute between the United States and Ca

On the 20th anniversary of the Arab oil embargo in October 1993, Americans for Energy Independence s

EU SHIPBUILDERS REACT TO OECD PACTYour July 19 article on the shipbuilding agreement negotia

DEREGULATION has been a boon to transportation wherever it's been tried, but America's experiment wi

Offer a rational explanation for the Clinton administration's policy of benign neglect toward the do

So far, the debate over whether to abolish the Interstate Commerce Commission and transferits functi

It's remarkable what a stable and adequate supply of electricity can do for a nation. It can keep in

The Interstate Commerce Commission appears to have escaped the shutdown envisioned by the House when

LUFTHANSA, KLM, Air France, now Alitalia. One by one, Europe's state-owned - and inefficient_ airlin

CALIFORNIA is feeling financial aftershocks from last January's $7 billion Los Angeles earthquake. M

With the resurgence of nationalism in Eastern Europe, many post-communist liberation governments hav

MEXICANS HEAD TO THE POLLS next month, and there couldn't be more at stake for this nation on the ed

The recent Supreme Court case of Dolan vs. City of Tigard should be a wake-up call for Congress as i

The concept of a free-trade agreement between Israel and the Arab states of the Middle East seems fa

A phenomenon called "Diegomania" is swirling through Mexico, much to the chagrin of the ruling Insti

Soon after President Clinton took office, his administration fashioned a new trade policy toward Jap

IT TOOK FIVE YEARS and at least seven missed deadlines, but leading maritime nations finally have ag

Despite his recent appearance at the Group of 7 summit of world leaders, Russian PresidentBoris Yelt

To Nafta or not to Nafta, that's the question. The United States and Chile, after three year

I am impatient and angry with Canadians, a people who are engaged in an odd kind of civil war, who a

Betsey Osborne, a visitor from New York on a two-week holiday, recently entered a Japanese bank to c

Consumer spending was surprisingly soft this spring. Kathryn Eickhoff, who was chief economist of th

IT'S DIFFICULT to get excited about the selection of Jacques Santer as the next president of the Eur