Commentary

AFTER ENDLESS AGONIZING over federal budget cuts, it's tempting to think government spending has pre

A backlash against immigrants is whipping through industrial nations, slamming borders shut. The rea

U.S. officials have spent recent months lecturing Chinese leaders on the evils of building a booming

When the United States failed to reach agreement with Japan last month in bilateral framework negoti

THE HUGE SETTLEMENT this week of a class-action lawsuit against makers of silicone breast implants w

POISED JUST THREE MONTHS AGO to begin a new economic era, Mexico today faces its most uncertain poli

The January start of the North American Free Trade Agreement has unleashed a wave of grandstanding i

Following the collapse of the U.S.-Japan summit last month, the world held its breath waiting for th

CONGRESS is ready to grant one of the Clinton administration's fondest wishes: a rapid increase in g

AMERICA'S UNCERTAIN STEEL POLICYIs the Multilateral Steel Agreement dead, as Richard

THERE'S HOPE for beleaguered Britons who are terminally nice to others, even to those who take advan

THERE'S A LOT TO LIKE in Bill Clinton's new maritime reform plan. Ship lines will be free tobuy thei

FOR ALL THE TALK of a pending trade fight with Washington, China's biggest problems remain at home.

Japanese consumers are being treated to a sight they haven't seen in decades. In downtown Tokyo this

A proposed federal rule that would reserve a fraction of the U.S. reformulated gasoline market for f

It is morning in Latin America. All over the continent, nations are acting to reignite growt

Mr. Clinton has become the first U.S. leader to announce an explicit technology strategy, founded on

Geography can be used in international affairs to transmit an important message. President Clinton s

THE HIDDEN SIDE of U.S. trade is about to see the light of day. For the first time, the federal gove

To be a German official operating within the European Union diplomatic framework is to be confronted

BILLIONS OF BARRELS of crude oil lie beneath the frozen tundra of Alaska's North Slope - a resource

THE U.S.-BRITISH aviation feud took a more civil turn last week. Although the two countries are stil

During the health-care reform debate, we often hear that the six in seven Americans who have insuran

Japan has agreed to settle the cellular telephone complaint after being threatened with sanctions un

Despite later U.S. denials, Motorola Inc. pushed hard for specific sales commitments in its recent n

NEW TANKERS EXCEED SAFETY REQUIREMENTSWe read with an almost complete sense of mystification

Antitrust laws, President Clinton tells Congress in his 1994 Economic Report, generally increase com

President Clinton's decision to make "significant progress" in human rights the major criterion for

AFRICA has long been considered an economic lost cause - not least by its own elites. While other de

TRY AS THEY MAY, members of Congress have a tough time keeping their debates dignified. Cons

Later this month, the U.S. Maritime Administration will publish regulations launching the National S

FRESH from his success in winning a $6 billion Saudi Arabian order for U.S. airplanes, Commerce Secr

MEXICO, heading toward a presidential election this August, has hit a difficult stretch. This week t

The Washington memory bank of acronymia is ever expanding. Two of the latest acronyms, kudos to the

Americans want good roads. Traditionally, they have paid for them through gasoline taxes that now av

The name of the international pow-wow in Detroit this week was the "jobs summit." Like most big medi

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION has begun its inevitable retreat on China. Its ill- advised plan to force

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S Detroit "jobs summit" has concluded with - surprise! - no consensus on how to ta

Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's decision to lift the ban on imported rice is a heavy blowto rural

The Chiapas Indian rebellion has irreversibly altered Mexico's political landscape. The insurgents,