Commentary

Underdeveloped, volatile and risky - so who needs the developing nations? Answer: Corporate America.

Here we go again. Tomorrow the heads of government of the United States, Japan, West Germany, France

The Capitol Steps is a group of congressional staff workers whose specialty is wonderfully wicked po

The democratically elected leaders of the Western Hemisphere will gather in Miami later this year fo

TO ALL APPEARANCES, this week's summit of the world's seven richest nations is a meeting in search o

Japan is one of the richest countries on earth, and it keeps racking up record trade surpluses. This

IF YOU THINK the purpose of the Pentagon's budget is to ensure military readiness at leastcost to ta

Your June 22 editorial, "Freeing State Trucking" (Page 6A), lauds the senate's approval ofSection 21

As companies that have tried know, doing business in Russia is not easy. A burdensome tax regime, co

The European Union's embarrassing inability last month to choose a leader for its executive agency,

BRITAIN'S GOVERNMENT is taking a welcome step toward privatizing its postal service. Under a

AFTER 30 MONTHS OF DECLINE, Russia's economy finally may have bottomed out. Industrial production in

The House Appropriations Committee's recent decision to deny the full funding for highway projects a

U.S. trade officials, led by Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, are proposing changes in a little-k

JAPAN'S WOBBLY GOVERNMENT tottered again this week. For the fourth time in a year Tokyo has a new pr

The United States and Canada are risking yet another trade war, this time over Canadian wheat export

HOLIDAYS are a deadly time for motorists, and this July 4 weekend will be no exception. Yet highway

The next war may be over fish. Reports from Asia indicate that some nations not generally co

Despite the conventional wisdom that strong economic growth and rising interest rates in the United

NO SUDDEN MOVES ON THE ICCI was disappointed to read that you have joined the "feeding frenz

DESPITE THE ECONOMIC success stories in Chile and Argentina, Brazil remains South America's 800-poun

ALARMED BY SURGING IMPORTS, meat producers filed a complaint with the government earlier this year.

Sooner or later, the current team of thugs who rule Haiti will be ousted. There will be a temptation

CURRENCY MARKETS are producing more than their share of drama these days. Last week, to counteract a

There is a crisis in the global money bazaar. Currency traders have hammered the dollar to force a r

After months of bad publicity about the U.S. Postal Service, The Journal of Commerce's July 16 edito

According to many analysts on Wall Street, the U.S. dollar has taken a pounding this year because ma

In the past, Greek shipping tycoons have achieved the rare distinction of becoming household names,

BIG CITY TRAFFIC JAMS ease just a bit during the summer months, but they return soon enough,usually

NOTHING NEW ABOUT MEXICO PIGGYBACKIt appears that your June 13 article, "US Truckers, Shippe

The world's attention this spring was focused on Nelson Mandela and the South African elections. Yet

Forget the whales. Save the Interstate Commerce Commission. The morning after the House vote

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IT'S OFFICIAL. Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, long rumored as a candidate to head the

NERVOUS TAXPAYERS have made it clear they don't expect the Social Security system to return what the

AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE on life support, the 107-year-old Interstate CommerceCommission may

Time is running short for Congress to pass health-care legislation this summer. That may be a blessi

Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn's return to Russia has engendered more than the usual amount of scaremonge

Economic matters are leading most lists of issues in Argentina's presidential campaign. Arge

CONTAINERS ON CARGO SHIPS are no place for people to live. Yet every day, desperate refugees sneak i