Commentary

The introduction of a bill to reform U.S. maritime regulatory law embodied in the 1984 Shipping Act

At a time of escalating trade tensions with Japan and other nations, the Clinton administration is n

Jimmie Ruth Daughtrey of Nashville, Tenn., and Wendy Perkins of Scottsdale, Ariz., could teach Bruce

SHORTEN LINKS IN AIR CARGO CHAINI enjoyed your coverage of the air cargo conference in Orlan

REMEMBER THAT BLUE SUIT you bought in 1989, marked down by $50? Well, the retailer just filed for ba

The following is an edited transcript of an exchange between Herbert D. Kelleher, chairman of Southw

Distrust, even hate, are common ingredients in relations between big bureaucracies and employes who

I confess I had to read John Maggs' satirical letter on the North America free-trade agreement (Opin

TEMPORARY WORKERS HELP ECONOMYHooray for Llewellyn Rockwell: He is absolutely right that Pre

WHO SAID life is fair? According to AT&T, Father's Day - coming up this Sunday - runs a dist

FEW AREAS OF U.S. LAW are as convoluted as the financial services regime. Beginning with Depression-

The Labor Department reported last week that the producer price index for all commodities was 119.7

REST EASY. The government has decided salad oil is not a hazardous material after all. If yo

COURIERS DO BUSINESS, in large part, without contact with the actual importer. They rely on document

It's 8:05 on a weekday morning in Tokyo as I try and squeeze onto a subway heading toward the busine

KIM CAMPBELL, Canada's prime minister-to-be, has been described as a cross between Margaret Thatcher

FISHERMEN RESPECT PACIFIC DOLPHINSYour May 28 debate, "Environmental Test for Trade"

Too often, U.S. companies see the world in terms of plagues and panaceas. Nowhere is this more true

Only about a month ago things were starting to look up for John Major. The long hoped-for "g

WE SALUTE THE ENTERPRISE of an Aussie named Damien Taylor, who has stepped forward as the first male

DEREGULATION shoved railroads and their unions into a new era. Regrettably, their labor relations ar

The inclination here to penalize foreign companies in the United States for the policies of their ho

WATERWAY PROJECTS ARE WORTH THE COSTThe federal government subsidizes the various transporta

"COMPANY UNIONS" are the bogeyman of labor organizations. In the 1930s, companies created sham union

DESPITE THE POLITICAL turmoil in Russia, Boris Yeltsin continues to look ahead. On Friday, he formal

The Clinton administration is in the market for a viable trade policy. Like most shoppers, i

FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW, California has had new rules in effect that require all tankers moving throug

MUCH HAS BEEN MADE of the dismal job prospects facing some 1.3 million newcollege graduates

When the revolutionary changes began in Central and Eastern Europe three years ago, the experts were

The following is a text of President Clinton's statement on the North American free-trade agreement,

What was Bill Clinton's biggest mistake? Many will say it was either the $200 haircut or naming atto

PRESIDENT CLINTON's defense of his broad-based energy tax was beginning to look like Custer's Last S

PETER SUTHERLAND, an Irish lawyer and staunch free trader, was named new head of the GATT Wednesday.

"Looka here," huffed Maw, poring over the Mugsville News-Leader. "We're gettin' tough with them Japa

CUSTOMS BROKERS SUPPORT AUTOMATIONEditorials are the reasoned expression of the opin

In a widely cited but undocumented prediction, Lester Thurow touts the European Community, led by Ge

HAVE YOU CHECKED the U.S. steel industry lately? Profits and prices are rising and imports are falli

The Society of Amateur Wall Street Economists (Sawse) is back in the news. Sawse members charge the

THE ADMINISTRATION'S AMBIVALENCE about the North American free-trade agreement is showing again.

Everyone seems unhappy with the Argentine government's latest move to overhaul a myriad of labor law