Commentary

The Clinton administration's laudable goal of "reinventing government" should not stop at the water'

The Clinton administration's energy policy can be summed up in three words: Burn natural gas.

LIGHT AIRCRAFT manufacturers in the United States have been in a tailspin for at least a decade, bro

Getting there firstest with the mostest is no longer as important in warfare as getting there with a

ELETSON: A FIRST-RATE SAFETY RECORDAll of us at Eletson Corp.'s headquarters in Piraeus and

It ain't much, just a trickle. Will it lead to a cascade? We're talking trade - U.S.-Vietnam

In the final days of last year's GATT world trade talks, the Clinton administration pushedthrough a

AMERICA'S 21-YEAR-OLD BAN on exporting Alaskan oil is a relic. A reaction to the 1973 Arab oil embar

Merchandise exports are among the strongest sectors of the American economy. Exports are now more th

BY MOST ACCOUNTS, the U.S. economy is moving into higher gear. Company spending on plant and equipme

Last week, as several people looked on, a Japanese company executive emergingfrom an office

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the government's last balanced budget. To commemorate a quar

The ever-generous United States is giving away $13 billion this year in foreign aid, a familiar term

IT'S LITTLE WONDER the government is eager to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration. Last Thu

So much effort is being poured into the fight to raise maritime safety standards onboth sides of the

Governments, especially the U.S. government, seem to be congenitally incapable to keeping their mitt

In February 1944, the American merchant ship SS Audacious with its crew of civilian seafarerssailed

It is D-Day plus five years, soldier, on this sandy coast where the world hinged on what you did.

Importers and exporters here and elsewhere are becoming increasingly concerned that this year's ship

U.S. trade with Mexico is up substantially from last year, and the North America Free Trade Agreemen

CALIFORNIA IS LEARNING the hard way that high taxes often create more problems than they solve.<

NATIONALISM goes only so far when it comes to big-ticket purchases. Last week, KLM Royal Dut

Natural disasters like last year's Midwestern flood set in motion a complex chain of events that can

IN KEEPING with its New Democrat roots, the Clinton administration often criticizes costly overregul

In this topsy-turvy year, Mexican politics has again been turned upside down by the unexpectedly str

My recent visits to the major industrialized nations have given me a firsthand understanding of thei

WHEN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION formed a blue-ribbon panel last year to consider changes in labor la

With the disastrous controversy over most-favored-nation status for China now behind it, there's a d

US FISHING RULES CAUSE TRADE CHAOSYour article, "U.S. Seen Ignoring Call for Dolphin Law Cha

WORKPLACE INJURIES are serious business, and the rules for compensating employees aren't always fair

IF REP. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI'S indictment on corruption charges has a silver lining, it's the boost it g

Without Dan Rostenkowski as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, political wisdom says, t

In less than two months, there has been a remarkable change in America's public posture toward Japan

WAGE CUTS AND OCEAN SHIPPINGIn recent years, the world market has been flooded with seafarer

Summer is coming, and President Clinton is basking in the warm glow of an expanding economy.The Comm

THE URUGUAY ROUND world trade agreement, which ran a seven-year gauntlet of global politics and prot

IF ENGLAND AND FRANCE can be connected by a Chunnel, why not Russia and the United States? A

AMERICA'S SPY AGENCIES could use a crash course in the realities of the information age. Desperate t

The future of aviation in the Western Hemisphere will depend in large part on our ability to address

The European Union is facing a growing revolt within its ranks that threatens to escalate into a ful