Commentary

WEST COAST DOCKWORKERS and maritime employers agreed earlier this month on a new three-year master c

JAPAN'S UNEMPLOYMENT is worse than official figures show, according to a report published Monday by

TEXTILE TARIFF CUTS: NOT SO FASTYour June 28 editorial on textile tariffs in the Uru

The Maastricht Treaty will be required holiday reading for some weary European Community officials t

WHILE THE EAST COAST is sweltering in the summer heat, some consumer groups and utilities are thinki

In a talk to the Conference of Mayors and the National Association of Counties this spring, Sen. Max

BORIS YELTSIN HAPPILY ACCEPTED the $3 billion Western aid package offered at last week's economic su

INFRASTRUCTURE is certainly important, but sometimes it's better to close a road than keep it open.<

Lobbyists for a coalition of shippers seeking legislative relief from retroactive trucking bills hav

The failure to contain Japan's inroads in pharmaceuticals - a high-tech industry in which the United

Judge Charles Richey's decision to upend the North American free-trade agreement on environmental gr

With another major airline bankruptcy seemingly imminent, calls for government intervention are grow

In the retirement-nursing home complex, the residents can play bridge in the game room, exercise in

UNION ISN'T TO BLAME FOR ST. JOHNSBURY FATEAs a Teamster business agent, I was somew

WITH EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT stuck at 11 percent and expected to climb to 12 percent next year, politi

THIS WEEK'S BREAKTHROUGH in the Uruguay Round is undeniably good news. But any celebrations will be

Harvey Headliner, this newspaper's free-lance outer space correspondent, hovering this week over the

MEBA CLEANED ITS OWN HOUSEYour July 2 editorial, "The MEBA Mess," (Page 8A) deserves

IT'S HARD TO MISS the symbol Japan is using this week to promote the idea that it is open to foreign

When Bill Clinton started his new job as leader of the free world, he also assumed anotherrole: He b

THE TARIFF-CUTTING DEAL reached at the Tokyo economic summit Wednesday is heartening news for sluggi

The productivity of Japanese manufacturing industries is the envy of the world, but Japan cannot tak

PRESIDENT CLINTON may think he's off to a good start in bilateral trade talks with Japan, but he has

At midyear, the American economy is a study in black and white. Newspapers and magazines are full of

The murder of Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo and six other innocent victims at the Guadalajara a

NOT EVERY COMPANY has a private police force to crack down on competitors. The U.S. Postal Service d

The mighty deutsche mark, long the anchor of the European Community's Exchange Rate Mechanism, has l

Hopes for freer trade in this hemisphere - and in the wider world - were dealt a vicious blow by las

TEXTILE JOBS SHOULD BE SAVEDYour June 28 editorial, "Enough Is Enough" (Page 6A), makes most

THIS WEEK'S MEETING of the world's industrial powers has all the makings of another failed summit.

IF POLITICAL TRENDS move from West to East, there's reason for hope in an anti-tax effort gathering

FEW LABOR UNIONS in recent memory have been as troubled as the Marine Engineers Beneficial Associati

One of the defining characteristics of great leadership is a talent for turning visions of the futur

Whenever politicians talk about increasing government involvement in trade, their free-trade rhetori

The U.S.-Japan bilateral trade talks are muddled over the ambiguous use of the term "managed trade,"

A HANDFUL OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS has succeeded - temporarily, at least - in blocking the path to a

ENERGY TAX WON'T HELP CONSERVATIONYour coverage of the Clinton administration's proposed ene

The International Trade Commission began hearings this week to determine whether American steel manu

WHAT'S THE FASTEST-GROWING COST in a hospital's budget? If you think it's doctors' fees or fancy new

There's a race of sorts under way. One of the contestants is the drive for limits on the num