Commentary

BEYOND THE BIG, FRONT-PAGE trade deals are the mechanics of trade: shipping goods worldwide, clearin

ALLEN S. ROBERTS was special. Just one year into his tenure at The Journal of Commerce, he had alrea

Friction and misunderstandings are inevitable as long as Japanese are seen as inscrutable. We must b

Opponents of the North American free-trade agreement, or Nafta, have raised the specter of massive j

NIKE: ANERA IS OUTDATED, UNFRIENDLYIt would be very satisfying to share the optimism express

NOTHING SUCCEEDS like success . . . or does it? China, working hard to boost production, is

AFTER THREE YEARS in a deep coma, the global trade talks have been revived. Leaders in Washi

A new breed of manager is set to transform Europe's liner shipping industry over the next few years.

Although U.S. and European companies are cashing in on Russia's privatization boom, the country's en

The Clinton administration's decision to scrap plans for maritime reform was a major defeat for Tran

Call it a revolution, if you like. That's what it was in practice. In a historic referendum

REASONABLE FEES FOR MININGYour editorial on proposals to reform the U.S. mining law ("Minera

WHEN BILL CLINTON unveiled his deficit-cutting plan in February, he challenged opponents to come up

SOME AFFAIRS OF STATE just can't wait. Seems Bill Clinton needed a haircut the other day, an

"Can a nation call itself a superpower if it does not have a merchant marine?" We asked this

US TEXTILES STILL A BIG BUSINESSYour May 3 article, "U.S. Workers Feel Pinch of Impo

MEXICAN PRESIDENT Carlos Salinas is throwing away his government's overdraft protection. To

By the time he returned home half-soused and slightly wobbly, his pockets empty, his heart filled wi

With the recent weakness of the dollar in world markets, a joke is making the rounds in Washington.

EUROPE IS BREATHING AGAIN. Denmark's ratification of Europe's unity treaty this week means aUnited S

RESPONDING TO ROB QUARTELRob Quartel's "An Open Letter to Federico Pena" (March 9, Page 8A)

A New York judge last week declared what most Americans can plainly see - the Nissan Pathfinder, a p

The gloomy report cards on Bill Clinton ignore an important area in which his administrationhas made

INFLATION IS REARING its head in China. The world's fastest growing economy, the government acknowle

A few weeks ago I visited Japan's northern island of Hokkaido to do some stories. While there I comm

All over the world, governments are struggling with slow economic growth, recession and, in a few ca

The May 1 International Labor Day festivities in Mexico City affirmed the shambling return of Fidel

THE HAMMERING AND SAWING you hear this week on Capitol Hill is the sound of Democrats building a pla

While inconvenient, and possibly economically harmful, the war in Bosnia- Herzegovina raises very li

CYPRUS DEFENDS SHIP SAFETY RECORDI am writing in response to your May 3 editorial, "

Focus groups tell us railroads are viewed as dying dinosaurs. Yet they also tell us there remains a

THE LATEST TRIAL BALLOON to float up from the National Health Care Task Force is for the government

THINK TWICE before pouring that mustardy vinaigrette on your salad tonight. The federal government w

U.S. auto companies have wheeled out a possible compromise in their campaign to have President Clint

Almost everyone remembers the images from the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989: blue-green waves turne

NO ONE EXPECTED maritime reform to die such an early death this year. But considering Washington's f

THE REAL BUSINESS of Washington is protecting your camp followers, as Republican Sen. Robert Dole un

THE PROBLEM WITH CLOSING AN OFFICEYour May 4 article "DOT Action Keeps Rails From Striking O

INTERMODAL OFFICE MADE GOOD GAINSAs the former associate deputy secretary of transpo

OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS from French officials are nothing new. Still, Bernard Attali, chairmanof bloat