Commentary

At an international conference in Mexico last week, an official from Japan's Ministry of Internation

All intercity railroad passenger service in the United States will come to a halt at 2 a.m., Oct. 31

KEEPING TAX DODGES AT BAY IN CALIFORNIAIt is no surprise that your Oct. 18 editorial, "Calif

MOST INDUSTRIES survive and prosper by asking customers what they want and adapting their products a

BASHING JAPAN to sell the North American free-trade agreement is poor politics and even worse trade

Recall Project Independence? It was in February 1974. President Nixon proposed it to "re-est

The state of Guanajuato, 150 miles northwest of Mexico City, has long been a harbinger of change. It

The seven-year marathon Uruguay Round of trade talks under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trad

CANADA'S POLITICAL MAP has been redrawn. After nine years in opposition, the Liberal Party stormed b

Rep. Henry Gonzalez, the populist Texas Democrat who heads the House Banking Committee, has launched

It's billed as a one-day trip to Russia. Starting at 4:30 a.m., several Tokyo-based journalists are

ASIA'S EMERGENCE as the world's leading economic region is nowhere more obvious than in the rising f

In my neighborhood of Arlington, Va., the parking lot at the Ames department store is always full. S

Germany is tired of playing Mr. Nice Guy. Germans are finally shedding half a century of gui

FIGHTING THE LAWS ON DUMPINGIn his Oct. 7 opinion article, Prof. Kent Jones argues forcefull

SECURITY has become the Clinton administration's new watchword: secure health care, security from cr

The Clinton administration is winning kudos from some steel traders for standing tough against Big S

Since the mid-1980s, the world economic order has been undergoing a profound transition. At the hear

ROSS PEROT and labor unions notwithstanding, the North American free-trade agreement would be a net

The encouraging news from the U.S. Postal Service is that despite a $1.3 billion deficit this year,

Ergonomics, the relationship between workers and their environment, has become a fruitful new field

Among the brightest promises of the Middle East peace accord is the possibility of creating both an

VIETNAM is capitalizing quickly on its newfound international acceptance. The Asian Developm

ENVIRONMENTALISTS AREN'T HAPPY. Bill Clinton's new plan to curb global warming comes without the clu

In September 1990, President Bush sent a formal notification to the Congress that he intended to neg

Last fall, television pictures of starving Somalians helped produce the political climate that permi

AIRLINES AND TRUCKERS are hopping mad at the Clinton administration's plan to increase customs inspe

THE ICC SHOULD BE PRESERVEDContrary to the views expressed in your Oct. 8 editorial,

LOWER TARIFFS under the North American free-trade agreement would cost the United States $2.4 billio

The global trading system as a whole, and American trade policy in particular, are at their most cri

FRENCH FILM STARS have a tough time with free trade. This week, some of the leading lights of French

Japanese capitalism is under siege, beset by U.S. demands for far-reaching market access. To

Bill Clinton came to the White House pledged to be the "jobs" president. The way things are going, M

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S threat to bar two Chinese airlines from operating all-cargo flights to

THERE'S NO ROOM FOR SECRECY where public safety is concerned. Builders, for example, must submit det

Before Black & Decker starts taking orders for a new model steam iron, or Chevy for a new model car,

JAPANESE OFFICIALS apparently have concluded the best defense is a good offense. In announcing a sur

French government officials love to boast to foreigners about the richness of the French language. I

For 25 years, the federal government has been promising to do something about the spent reactor fuel

Imagine, if you will, a vacant lot. Once a factory, or a gas station, or an apartment buildi