Commentary

This June, President-elect Bill Clinton will face one of the toughest decisions in international tra

Let's take stock. The U.S. economy, though finally out of recession thanks largely to a pick

Representatives from the major industrialized nations recently met secretly in Bonn to try to stem t

Even though the election, and thus the need to bash George Bush, have passed, news organizations con

SHAKEOUTS IN SHIPPING TRADE LANES are unsettling. Ocean carriers that once were mainstays on certain

The business press has had a field day "exposing" the extraordinarily high pay of American CEOs. Jou

GIVING CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY WANT is the credo of all good businesses, but do McDonald's fast-food lov

The underlying cause of the current health care crisis is that the system is not affordable. While a

Located on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey, an associate member

MEXICO'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM, long tainted by corruption, seems headed for a much-needed cleanup.

SHRINKING MILITARY BUDGETS, a happy sign of the post-Cold War era, have become harbingers of a glumm

Venezuela's President Carlos Andres Perez - now limping through a second term - could profit from Me

Germany's business community has finally woken up to the potentially disastrous commercial impact of

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY wants to help its struggling neighbors in Eastern Europe - but only up to a p

Should financial products, such as securities and insurance programs, be patented, and thus protecte

AS HIS ADMINISTRATION winds to a close, George Bush is tying up loose ends wherever he can. He patch

WHO NEEDS THE GATT, ANYWAY?"Why a GATT Deal Is Crucial." "Why, indeed?" I thought once more,

BUT OLD - NAME is surfacing for the post of U.S. trade representative in the Clinton administration:

Chalk up a new role for the world cop in the post-Cold War era: halting hunger and starvation. The p

TOBACCO GROWERS say they are getting a raw deal from the government: While other farm products recei

EUROPEAN UNITY is looking more problematic than ever. The European Community's currency system is in

ENERGY CONSERVATION IS NOT ENOUGHYour Nov. 18 editorial, applauding a possible shift of gove

Whatever happened to the tradition of the shrewd Yankee Trader? Judging from Washington's performanc

TWO U.S. CONGRESSIONAL delegations are visiting Beijing this week to let Chinese officials know it w

A SUBTLE STRAIN of xenophobia has been running through the Clinton camp for months. During t

Malaysia's economy is like the Energizer bunny: it keeps going and going and going. Indeed,

The House of Representatives often is out of order. It remains so until a member makes a point of or

IN PRAISE OF CUSTOMS CHIEF CAROL HALLETTThe criticism by Reps. Charles Rose, D-N.C., and Dou

THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN are on the verge of another nasty trade dispute. Taking a cue from gun-s

WHO LEAKED Anita Hill's allegations against Clarence Thomas during his Supreme Court confirmation he

President Bush's offer to commit as many as 30,000 American troops under U.S. command to a multinati

Railroading in Europe is about to change forever. On Jan. 1, railroads in any of the European Commun

Output of goods and services in the United States should increase more than $200 billion in 1993, ro

TO MOST AMERICANS, France's stubbornness on the GATT farm issue is mind numbing. That Francecould th

The tremors that rumbled through the exchange rate markets last week ripped yet another crevasse in

Expectations are growing that President-elect Bill Clinton, soon after taking office, will ask Congr

Recent history shows that lame-duck presidents are good at freeing hostages. Lyndon Johnsondid it du

THE CHEERFUL ECONOMIC NEWS for the third quarter - a 3.9 percent annual growth rate - was tempered b

BILL CLINTON HAS PROMISED to open the government's infrastructure tap, releasing huge sums for roads

EXPRESS COURIERS: NO SPECIAL TREATMENTIn your Nov. 17 article "Customs Brokers Seek to Reduc