Commentary

With enactment of an energy bill by the last Congress, the country has the first energy policy legis

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

BILL CLINTON has been making Latin American governments nervous. During the presidential cam

WITH THE U.S.-EUROPEAN farm crisis largely resolved, attention turns to Japan and its ban on rice im

The U.S. economic engine is starting to hum. When the Arkansas mechanics get to Washington in Januar

As the Clinton transition team considers how the new administration can break the logjam in the Midd

For nearly 60 years, the Buy American Act and its progeny have required a domestic preference when g

AFTER MONTHS OF BICKERING, Russia and Ukraine have agreed on how to pay off the former Soviet Union'

ON FIRST REFLECTION, farmers worldwide might seem justifiably disappointed with Friday's U.S.-Europe

Out of step and often treading on each other's toes, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary are marching

President-elect Bill Clinton has often acknowledged that international investment benefits the U.S.

While Bill Clinton and his incoming crew are considering health policy, they ought to take a close l

RETALIATION IS HARDLY A SOUND BASIS for international trade policy. Yet, Washington's threat to slap

If you think you're too young to pay attention to retirement savings, think again. Anyone who is wor

In 1992, the U.S. insurance industry experienced a series of catastrophic events that were unprecede

AS BILL CLINTON moves closer to the White House, the weight of high office is producing subtle polic

The possibility of massive trade sanctions against China has been the biggest international policy w

NOW SEEMS that even Walt Disney, that most American of companies, finds it difficult to do business

Wall Street, Main Street and Capitol Hill are abuzz with rumors of whom Bill Clinton will appoint to

As much of the world watches in disbelief, at least four militias are battling for control of Liberi

INVESTMENT TAX CREDITS are an idea whose time has come - and gone, and come back again, a total of s

The possibility of power always seems grander than its wielding. No matter how much the Clinton tran

RUSSIAN TROOPS MUST LEAVE BALTICSI agree with William Danvers that Russia needs help ("Heedi

President-elect Bill Clinton's renewed promise of an early economic stimulus package probably will m

AS BORIS YELTSIN IS LEARNING, transferring Russia's clunky state industries to private ownership req

TAKING A LEAF out of Bill Clinton's notebook, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is planning a m

Many analysts believe that President-elect Bill Clinton owes his victory to his attacks on what he c

When word made the rounds that Hong Kong Telecom, the territory's telephone monopoly and largest pri

ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE HIGH HOPES for Bill Clinton's energy policies. Clinton advisers already are h

THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES for the French wine industry. Even before Washington threatened to impose puni

Despite endless talk in the election campaign about "jump-starting the economy," the incoming Clinto

Bill Clinton correctly showed during the presidential campaign that virtually no jobs had been creat

IT ISN'T EVERY DAY a clumsy, outdated law can be revived and put to good use. But that's what's happ

The bitter struggle in the European Commission over the GATT world trade talks has decisively tipped

A COMMITMENT TO NONPROLIFERATIONIn his Nov. 5 Opinion article, "Saddam's Argentine Connectio

A new cottage industry has developed in the United States: forecasting the changes that will be made

HOW BADLY does Japan really need to import highly toxic plutonium to supply its nuclear power plants

NOTHING EXCITES BUREAUCRATS like overhauling the bureaucracy, and Bill Clinton has plenty of that in

President-elect Bill Clinton's first efforts last week to assemble his transition teams probably cam

EUROPE'S LEADERS have their work cut out for them on the home front. Just ahead of votes in the Euro