Commentary

The budget deficit poses a dilemma for the incoming Clinton administration. It is impossible to simu

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

FREIGHT SHIPPERS owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Bartley, who retires next month after 20 years as Wa

FOR TWO WEEKS LAST JUNE, the Earth Summit in Brazil focused worldwide attention on protecting the gl

HUNT DEFENDS DRIVER RECORDYour Oct. 21 article, "Teamsters Seek Numbers Among J.B. H

In his Nov. 9 article on this page ("Leave the USTR Post Vacant"), my former Mike Samuels, argued th

I saw a condominium that was marked down by $500,000. Co-ops valued above $1 million aren't moving.<

WHAT HAPPENS to group health plans when a worker contracts a costly illness such as AIDS? Fo

To: BC From: Transition (Intl. Issues)Re: Trade, et al.The Team has been discussing

The presidential transition has barely begun, but already the signs are plain. Mr. Clinton'sstay in

EVEN AS BILL CLINTON prepares to jump-start the domestic economy, international issues are coming to

Fidel Velazquez, the stocky, 92-year-old leader of the Confederation of Mexican Workers, this countr

NOT LONG AGO, it looked like the U.S. airline industry might be reduced to three major carriers: Ame

The first foreign policy challenge of the Clinton presidency will be what to do about the further di

Sweden's shock tactics in forcing its overnight interest rates up to 500 percent in September seem t

FRIEDMAN, DARWIN AND MR. LIFSCHULTZThere is a subhuman philosophy rampant in our land promot

U.S. SHIPBUILDERS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING foreign shipyard subsidies for years, and with good reason: G

CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, Brian Mulroney, was in trouble with voters even before last month's referen

Another aviation dispute may be about to add to the strains between the United States and its major

FIXING THE ECONOMY is Bill Clinton's highest priority, but reforming the health care system is a clo

The election of a new president also means a new team to handle U.S. trade policy. Most important, i

Russia's fetish for big-power status forced cancellation of President Boris Yeltsin's September visi

IS IT ANY WONDER POLITICIANS on both sides of the Atlantic are held in such low regard? For six year

WILL HE OR WON'T HE? A top adviser to President-elect Clinton is reviving speculation that the new p

In the lingo of the paratrooper he had long been, Fidel Ramos promised to hit the ground running whe

George Bush may regret having spent so much time during his college days on the baseball field rathe

For all the allusions to Harry Truman and John Kennedy during the campaign, Bill Clinton's sweeping

Turmoil in the currency markets and vast capital movements have created a challenge that world monet

By refusing to provide U.N. weapons inspectors with details of his guided missile programs, Saddam H

BILL CLINTON'S SENSIBLE, CENTRIST campaign has carried the day. If his policies are to do the same d

Civility is back - and something more. No more chicken-feather states, ozone men, deep voodo

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was identified incorrectly in the Oct. 26 editorial, "Line-Item Veto." He

ONE OF THE MOST LUDICROUS antitrust lawsuits in recent history mercifully came to an end Friday. In

Ah, election time! How magnificent! Now the people have spoken, and their voice is the voice

The 1992 election campaign, mercifully concluded, featured a great debate about the performance of t

FINALLY, IT'S OVER. Although the last election tallies weren't in as we went to press, we could not

WHY CUSTOMS RULES ARE SO COMPLICATEDIn a recent "Trade Talk" column, you argue that Customs

TODAY'S ELECTION, more than any other in recent memory, is a roll of the dice. None of the choices i

The angst is heavy across Germany these days. After more than a decade of uninterrupted grow

No need to bite your fingernails over what lies ahead for business and the economy after the electio