Commentary

RAIL TAXES WON'T GO TO HIGHWAYSThe Department of Transportation would like to correct the re

Senior officials from some of the world's most dynamic economies gathered for four days earlier this

IT'S TOUCHING TO HEAR the European Community's heartfelt concerns over the economic reform process i

Last week's summit between President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa provided en

Economic growth slowed in the first quarter, but the slowdown apparently was modest. Temporary facto

The North American free-trade agreement is in trouble. Despite the recent affirmation of support by

On April 16, 2002, the U.S. Customs Service announced the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terroris

The Czech Republic's voucher privatization program, originally seen as the fastest way to convert th

SHIPPERS KNEW TRUCK RATES WERE WRONGIn an ironic way, it was appropriate that your e

President Clinton has inherited an old and inadequate trade agenda from his Republican predecessors.

IF PRESIDENT CLINTON thought there was an easy way to reduce the U.S. trade imbalance with Japan, he

WORKERS who expect their companies' retiree health benefits to be around when they retire should thi

MANY AMERICANS HAVE heard of the value-added tax, or VAT. "It's something they have in Europ

Labor Secretary Robert Reich's new Commission for the Future of Worker- Management Relations is abou

The Clinton administration is still debating whether to grant permanent, unconditional most-favored-

RAPID GROWTH HAS ITS DANGERS, as China's leaders are finding out. The Asian Development Bank

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When you live on the East Coast, it's hard to fully grasp the importance of Asia. Many peopl

Commerce Secretary Ron Brown has exiled Herbert Hoover. The former president's portrait has hung for

A little-known provision of the U.S. tax code has emerged as a major vehicle to finance long-term de

EXPECT SOME TIGHT SMILES when President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa meet tod

The spectacular success of regional trade agreements in the last 10 years means a world increasingly

WHEN IT COMES TO FREER TRADE, talk is cheap. The European Community likes to promote open ma

WORKING TO MAKE SHIPS SAFERI would like to commend both Michael D. Tusiani and Lars

EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE the Internal Revenue Service, especially the millions of taxpayers who waited

The flame trees are in full bloom in Hanoi this month, a sure sign that school holidays will begin s

Enter the numbers game. It's under way this week in Tokyo. Finance and foreign ministers fro

FREE TRADE has enriched the United States immeasurably during the last 45 years. A more open trading

The rate of inflation accelerated in the first quarter. The consumer price index rose at a seasonall

Students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, one of the territory's three universities, are a re

Much has been said and written about the threat of nuclear terrorism in Russia and the need for the

SEAPORTS, with their bustling docks, industrial waterfronts and rail and truck yards, are centers of

Last month, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jack Brooks, and Patrick Leahy, a member

Washington is gearing up for sweeping health-care reform with much happy rhetoric about expanding ac

The European Community is in a state of limbo, with its member states engulfed in domestic traumas t

ANYONE who has dealt with sprawling bureaucracies and unresponsive civil servants - just about every

COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN, a fund-raising whiz while chairman of the Democratic National Committe

OVERSHADOWED BY THE BORIS AND BILL SHOW earlier this month, President Clinton's Northwest timber sum

Mexico has done very well recently attracting foreign capital, especially to its 2,500 maquiladora a

The fuss over President Clinton's stimulus package seems trivial to the economic cognoscenti, a clas