Commentary

Last month, the top civil servant at Japan's Ministry of Finance paid a call on the head of the Soci

LET'S SEE THE RECORDS OF TAA MEMBERSAs a non-vessel-operating common carrier, I have been fo

FEDERAL SPENDING on transportation is, by any measure, a small part of the government's budget. Of t

Reading the English press and listening to the British government over the past week would give one

FISCAL RESTRAINT is a virtue Bill Clinton would just as soon not embrace. He came to office promisin

The rush is on. By lifting the 19-year-old trade embargo against Vietnam, the Clinton administration

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S costly and coercive health-care plan is losing ground fast. Last week the Busine

A couple of years ago, President Clinton's old friend from Oxford, Labor Secretary Robert Reich, wro

Recovery for Africa's long-depressed economies is imminent. Historically a bit player in the

An increase in the vessel tonnage tax on all vessels entering U.S. ports remains the most likely Cli

TRANSIT OPERATORS DEFEND COMPETITIONIn his Jan. 27 opinion article, "Reversing a Costly Priv

EMBARGOES ARE INTENDED to punish our enemies, yet America's trading ban withVietnam has done

Every U.S. administration in the last 20 years has looked with dismay at Japan's growing economic st

FOR MANY AMERICANS, the recent debate on the Vietnam trade embargo has come down to this: Has Hanoi

I recently discovered a treasure-trove of data on American companies doing business in postwar Japan

THE DEPARTURE of two members of the Federal Reserve Board gives President Clinton an important oppor

In a television interview broadcast in the United States shortly before the congressional vote on th

CALIFORNIA, in addition to its other problems, has America's worst air pollution - and therefore its

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the branch of the Department of Transportation responsible

It ranks not in the national psyche with the Bobbitts, Buttefuocos or the affair Gillooly-Harding, b

A few days after the recent Los Angeles earthquake, a sense of normalcy returned to the region as mo

When President Clinton submits his budget for fiscal year 1995 to Congress next Monday, he will take

OVER THE YEARS, no country has fought harder to stop trade-distorting subsidies than the United Stat

Can this be so? Can it be true that the Labor Department is emerging as one of the new power centers

The hottest topic on the Brussels cocktail circuit is who will replace European Commission President

President Clinton is expected to issue an executive order in the coming months reviving the Super 30

Nighttime in the warm waters of the Molucca Strait in Southeast Asia. Runninglights of ships

FEDERAL MANDATES are a leading occupational hazard for employers. Now, Democratic leaders want to ad

THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S easy money policies have done much to spur the economic recovery, and Chairman

However impassioned President Clinton was in his defense of his health-care plan in his State of the

THE SUPREME COURT had transportation on its mind last week. In one busy day, the court settled dispu

The Clinton administration, in line with its recently announced National Export Strategy, is moving

Years of stories about falling bridges, collapsing pipes and electrical blackouts have convinced man

The North American Free Trade Agreement is a reality. The GATT world trade deal seems certain to bec

Japan stories usually are relegated by American newspaper editors to thefinancial pages, on

Forecasts for European economic growth aren't very rosy this year - moderate expansion of 1 percent

FOR SEVEN LONG YEARS, U.S. trade negotiators pushed for a GATT agreement to reduce barriers to trade

THE URUGUAY ROUND trade agreement has solid support in Congress, but there's a hitch: budget rules t

TUG, BARGE INDUSTRY HAS GOOD RECORDMany of us who are responsible for tugs, barges and the c

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PULPIT-POUNDING State of the Union address was good theater, laced with heavy do