Commentary

The debate on China policy is likely to grow as the two sides - those who emphasize human rights and

IS MEXICO'S LIMITED DEMOCRACY reason enough to hold up the North American free-trade agreement?<

U.S. COMPUTER AND SEMICONDUCTOR companies got a small break last week from the Commerce Department.

FORMULATING A CHINA POLICY is never simple. On Wednesday, the Clinton administration imposed limited

IS THERE ANYONE who's really pleased with cable television? Rates keep rising, service is spotty and

Since the West Bank and Gaza were sealed off from Israel after a series of stabbings by Palestinians

Aviation experts are nearing consensus that the air traffic control system needs to be removed from

Russia's successful transformation into a stable democracy and free-market economy is essential to w

FEW BUSINESSES depend more on efficient government services than airlines. Pilots require Federal Av

After two rounds of storming the European Community's monetary Bastille - its system of fixed but ad

REOPENING THE MARITIME DEBATEI applaud publisher Don Becker's comments ("Publisher's

The conversation came near the end of this summer's vacation at the beach, on a day given over to si

U.S. POLITICIANS are quick to complain of Japanese trade practices, but it's worth remembering that

On orders from the Clinton administration, the Federal Reserve dumped large amounts of Japanese yen

BILL CLINTON traveled to the Silicon Valley in February to pledge his personal support for U.S. high

For much of this spring and summer, a private argument raged around President Clinton that had all t

The rapid opening of Mexico's national oil giant, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), to the outside world

It is a damp October afternoon in Bonn and after a glass of wine, or perhaps two, the dapper German

A MERCHANT MARINE REQUIRES UPKEEPI am tired of the misrepresentations made by some of your r

"The Broken Window Fallacy" is unknown to most logicians, but to American free marketeers it sums up

HAVE YOU EVER MARVELED at the amazing staying power of special interest handouts such as the mohair

IT'S TIME TO LIFT the U.S. trade embargoes against Vietnam and Cuba. Embargoes are imposed to protec

During last year's presidential campaign, Bill Clinton and Al Gore spoke frequently of the need to c

Al From, head of the Democratic Leadership Council since its founding and a campaign adviser to both

EVERYONE AGREES it will be costly to extend health coverage to 35 million uninsured Americans; even

COFFEE AGREEMENT ISN'T HARMFULYour Aug. 16 editorial, "Hill of Beans" (Page 8A), contends th

SOME RECOVERY. The 1990-1991 recession ended officially in March, 1991 but there's been prec

POLAND'S 1990 BIG BANG launched an economic renaissance. Today, a market economy has taken root and

A central pillar of President Clinton's economic program is to substantially boost spending on "inve

The U.S. government appears on the verge of substantially downsizing its commitment to foreign aid a

GENTILITY knows no bounds of nationality, as the British Tea Council evidently concluded this week.

The train marked "European Union" that rolled out of the Dutch city of Maastricht in a festive mood

IN BETWEEN his budget fight with Congress and his health care pitch to the governors, President Clin

If the yen, rapidly rising since February, reaches an exchange rate of 100 yen to the dollar, Japane

THERE'S LITTLE DOUBT the federal government is managed in a way that quickly would put a private com

DON'T SLAM INSURERS UNDER OPA 90It is not true that a single claim under the Oil Pol

Domestic steel shipments rose 6.6 percent in the first five months of this year from a year earlier,

WITH BARELY A BREATHER after a head-battering budget battle, President Clinton has kicked off a pote

A basic law of modern science is that two wire coat hangers, left alone in a cool, dark closet, will

Earlier this month, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari jetted to Chihuahua, Mexico, for Thursday an