Commentary

LET RUSSIANS CARRY US GRAINYour April 27 article, "US Seeks New Bids From Ship Lines

At every upbeat turn in the economy, President Clinton continues to defend his short and long-term e

Mentioning innovation to a group of executives is like mentioning sex to prison inmates - you've got

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS did not have long to savor their success after blocking President Clinton'

THE CURRENT DEBATE over ship safety is throwing unaccustomed light into some of the darker corners o

There is a real danger that labor and environmental side agreements now being negotiated for the Nor

Clinton administration officials are stressing U.S. trade opportunities in Asia more than in any oth

SOME TIME NEXT MONTH, Hillary Rodham Clinton's task force will deliver its long-awaited plan for ove

AMERICAN COMPANIES, by and large, are a creative lot. This week, U.S. airports showed they can be ju

Sweden is pressing full steam ahead with its application for European Community membership, presente

Trade retaliation has replaced baseball as the national pastime. From last fall's oilseeds dispute w

No scientific advance has yet been permanently stopped in its tracks by wholesale agreement that it

The First Western Large Herd Dairy Management Conference was held in Las Vegasthis month. Th

Imagine a U.S. politician running on this platform: "I have presided over the destructionof your eco

WITH SOME LUCK, Bill Clinton will get better at his new job during the next few years. His first 100

MONOPOLISTIC PATENT SYSTEM NEEDS REVIEWYour March 25 article on Argentina's drug-patent bill

MASSIVE LAYOFFS are a shock anywhere but especially so in China, where workers have come to expect l

A CALL TO RESCUE THE MERCHANT MARINEThe future of the U.S. merchant marine under the

BUDGET DIRECTOR Leon Panetta has a solid reputation for honesty, so his assessment that the North Am

BILL CLINTON is on the verge of making his biggest trade policy blunder yet. White House off

The recent visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa underscored the importance - and difficu

Federal Reserve officials are using a forecast of moderate growth and low inflation to justify conti

Is it possible to weave into one country's reputation for excellence the longstanding traditions of

TRADE DOCUMENTS COULDN'T BE SIMPLERI wish to take exception to your March 24 front-p

QUEBEC'S FRENCH-SPEAKING MAJORITY is becoming more relaxed about English- language incursions into t

Following the Vancouver summit and the Tokyo G-7 meetings, a new "domino" theory is emerging in U.S.

DA, DA, NYET, DA That's what Boris Yeltsin wanted in Sunday's four-part Russian referendum,

CONSERVATIVES have been warning President Clinton that over-taxing the rich doesn't yield much new r

IT ISN'T OFTEN the IRS is thrown for a big loss on a major tax case, but that's exactly what happene

As Congress struggles with the first Clinton budget, it should recall a lessonfrom 1986 when

For many Americans working for the nation's corporations, President Clinton's health-care plan poses

A baker's dozen of senators met with Budget Director Leon Panetta last week in an effort to get the

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has a talent for wasting money, and the maritime cargo preference laws are Ex

EVER SO SLOWLY, railroads are regaining long-haul business lost to truckers during the last 40 years

When President Clinton held his first meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa earlier t

Overnight polls immediately after President Clinton's State of the Union address showed a strong, fa

Quotas, targets, benchmarks. Are these carefully defined terms or just code words for gaining a tact

WHATEVER THE RESULTS of Russia's big referendum on Sunday, there isn't much chance the country will

President Clinton is getting an early look at the soul-trying side of the presidency. The tr

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BILL CLINTON got a lot of mileage during the campaignfrom a simple pr