Commentary

HOLD ON to your wallet: Another global industry is joining hands to cut production and boost prices.

In his Feb. 11 opinion article, "Why Japan Hates Trade Targets" (Page 6A), Stanton Anderson, a Washi

The European Commission broke cover last week, hitting the headlines after several weeks languishing

The American cottage industry that forecasts economic doom or glory is at it again. Based on the str

THE NEXT TIME your local member of Congress says, "We've cut the federal budget to the bone," respon

BOEING AND MCDONNELL DOUGLAS make fine airplanes, and it was encouraging to see them win a new $6 bi

Scrutinize the name of this parliament member from Prague, this scientist and linguist with a pencha

Last Friday President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa met at the White House and t

Free trade purists are about to have a field day: Just keep track of how many times editorial writer

THE FEDERAL SUPERFUND program, which aims to clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites, has been like

BETTER COOPERATION FOR AIR CARGOAir carriers and freight forwarders must work togeth

The birds do it, the bees do it, why don't we do it - let's bash Japan. Hey, what's all the

SOMETHING SMELLS along the French coasts, where commercial fishermen have been staging violent strik

Four years ago, conservative Japanese political maverick Shintaro Ishihara and Sony Chairman Akio Mo

The failure of trade talks last week between President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro

This year could be the year America's health-care system is dramatically reformed, but it is more li

A portrait of changing Mexico: Capital is flowing into the country as its foreign-trained leaders ab

THE UNITED STATES threatens trade wars about as often as the seasons change. Japan is in the cross-h

TRANSIT STUDIES ARE MISLEADINGNothing makes a clearer case for the Federal Transit Administr

Whether by bad luck or poor judgment, the British government is being torn apart by scandal after sc

When you buy a new computer or fax machine to do work at home, you expect it to let you write faster

THE FIRST U.S. INVESTMENT MISSION to South Africa arrives in Johannesburg this weekend amid new poli

LIFE'S A BEACH for many Greeks, who like to dance and drink til dawn even if the revelry leaves them

DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE has never been a major problem in the transportation industries. No commercia

If it were any other deadly indoor pollution that is costing us thousands of lives and billions of d

The Clinton administration is expected to brief Congress this week on its long-awaited proposals for

In his campaign for his health-care reform plan, President Clinton has said repeatedly the people ar

AFTER NEARLY TWO PARALYZING WEEKS, the Canadian government has ordered striking longshoremenon the c

THE BANANA TRADE is a slippery business in Europe, which still limits importsfrom Latin Amer

Mired in an economic slump, Germany today is focused on one overarching question: When will the rece

It wasn't a rebel uprising like the one that rocked the south of Mexico on New Year's Day and sent s

President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa meet today to address economic issues under t

SELDOM has a routine state visit sparked as much ill will from the host as tomorrow's appearance in

I probably would not be writing this column if: 1. I had not covered federal budgets through

THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAIDThe Jan. 20 letter by Martin Foley of the National Motor Freig

When American Airlines' flight attendants struck the company in November, President Clinton personal

President Clinton is pursuing an industrial policy whose goal is to boost employment by subsidizing

FOURTEEN YEARS of ferocious litigation between rival manufacturers Brother Industries and Smith Coro

After months of dithering, Federal Reserve officials finally decided last week to allow their target

BLAME IS NEVER IN SHORT SUPPLY in a strike, and this week's UPS-Teamsters flare-up was no exception.