Commentary

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

Sensing that it plays a strategically important role in the West's struggle to contain the war in Bo

Opponents of privatization are trying to persuade the Clinton administration to reverse a Bush admin

RESTORE REALISM TO MARITIME DEBATEWinn B. Frank, a transportation consultant, writes in a re

BILL CLINTON'S SIDE DEALS to the North American free-trade agreement strike a sensible balance betwe

THE NEW ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL for antitrust, Anne K. Bingaman, has strong views on competition

THE COFFEE CARTEL is back - sort of. Discouraged by the prospects of reviving a worldwide ag

Why are so many scientists gloomy these days? Because they have finally realized that the go-go days

Former Maryland Gov. Harry Hughes is under consideration by the Clinton administration to fill a slo

In his campaign policy paper, "Putting People First," then-Gov. Bill Clinton vowed to pare the feder

Now that Japan has a new government, composed of splinter groups of the Liberal Democratic Party, ho

Is it cause for excitement or despair when an entrepreneur has a new (or rediscovered) product for w

Despite its current difficulties with the Maastricht unification treaty, the European Community is p

JAPAN'S NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT may be more forward-looking than critics suggest. Elsewhere

PREDATORY PRICING CHARGES, like those beaten back by American Airlines in a Texas courtroom this wee

REFLAGGING US SHIPS: ANSWERING THE CRITICSThe announced reflagging of some U.S. ships by Sea

VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE'S government review panel has attacked some of the maritime industry's most c

In the last week of July, a familiar financial melodrama played out on the world stage. A noble curr

After assembling a ruling coalition following his majority victory in June's popular vote, Gonzolo S

THE CLEAR LESSON from the bruising battle over President Clinton's budget is that most voters still

CONTROLLING POLLUTION is nothing new; preventing it is. That's what the printing industry, Great Lak

Talk to anyone in the maritime business today and the discussion quickly turns to one subject: the a

TO ITS CREDIT, the Clinton administration is renewing efforts to charge Western ranchers fairer rate

With the debate over federal spending likely to continue raging in Congress, some spending cuts that

The U.S. economy stands at a great divide. For 20 years, roughly 1970 to 1990, America enjoyed job g

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY AND A HALF, the strife-torn states of Central America have talked of forming

Latin American and Caribbean airlines are up in arms as U.S. airlines add capacity between their cou

P&I CLUB INSURANCE SYSTEM WORKS WELLYour August 3rd editorial, "Making Spillers Pay"

British Prime Minister John Major has enjoyed a brief respite over the past week as his beleaguered

DRINKING AND DRIVING is a dangerous practice, but some new facts from highway safety researchers sho

FRUSTRATED BY THEIR OWN FAILURE to reform U.S. maritime policy, lawmakers have resorted toa kind of

Just a year ago, the Mexican government announced plans to convert Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) from

The Clinton administration might not send to Congress legislation implementing the North American fr

There's one American product that continues to expand its sales as the world's favorite ina market o

THIRTEEN YEARS after trucking was largely deregulated, the Interstate CommerceCommission has

The $3 billion in Russian aid announced at the Tokyo economic summit last month is an important and

GERMANY'S "green dot" recycling program is being overwhelmed by its own early success. In th

Bill Clinton has a flaw that certainly will come back to haunt him if he does not seek to correct it

Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary has introduced a welcome note of realism into the administration's en

GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS produce reports that are often ignored by policy- makers. But James Landry, w