Commentary

WHEN IT COMES to managing its finances, Russia has had to be creative. Faced with a $70 billion fore

ELECTRIC COMPANIES WHEEL POWERYour July 23 article, "Electricity Wheeling Seen Near, Opening

At a time when American industry is being challenged by foreign competitors, U.S. trade laws are bei

INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE CALLS cost too much. That's especially true when calls involve countries wit

Britain has pushed maritime safety to the top of its agenda during its six- month presidency of the

Early this summer - while the news media were preoccupied with the Earth Summit and Boris Yeltsin's

THE BATTLE FOR MEXICO IS ON. With the North American free-trade agreement all but completed, George

The U.S. Export-Import Bank appears very close to clearing the way for the disbursement of loan guar

MARVIN RUNYON is off to a good start. The new postmaster general, who took office last month

THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, already booming economically, will continue to outstrip other parts of the

PLENTY OF TRUCKS can be seen shuttling any day of the week between Busan, South Korea's largest port

CANADA'S BEER LAWS ARE FAIR TO USWe were, quite frankly, shocked and appalled by your editor

Presidential candidate Bill Clinton's proposal to invest in infrastructure to jump-start the economy

Getting magnetic levitation vehicles off the ground seems to be more a problem of perceptions than o

Last weekend, trade ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico locked themselves in the Wat

Dramatic cutbacks in oil imports from the former Soviet Union have profoundly changed life in Cuba a

ADVICE TO UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS from Germany's largest commercial bank: Parts of the new republic's ec

THE NASTY CONFRONTATION between new Teamsters Union President Ron Carey and the government is disqui

To coin a phrase, "What's after Nafta?" Let's assume the United States, Canada and Mexico, d

The space station is a celestial motel, scorned by serious researchers asuseless for advanci

CONGRESS HAS A TALENT for meddling in labor disputes. In June, it was railroads; this month, it's co

If you forget for the moment all the political noise surrounding the Sino- Hong Kong airport talks,

THE IMPASSE IS FINALLY OVER in that other labor dispute that confronted Congress this summer: June's

While the economy has recovered at a snail's pace thus far in 1992, corporate profits have improved

The battle between free marketers and interventionists in the European Community is set to flare up

The opinion article in your June 12 edition, "Trucking's Regulatory Morass" (Page 6A), is just too m

It is vitally important for the Western Hemisphere's economic recovery that the North American free-

THE MONTH-OLD COALITION government of Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato won a major victory late

SOME 75 percent OF U.S. TRADE with Mexico moves by truck. Yet the border between the two countries h

PROLONGED RECESSION apparently has dampened separatist sentiment in Quebec. The province's premier,

Defeat in World War II not only cured Japan's militaristic delusions but also destroyed our backbone

CALIFORNIA'S TRUCKERS have a problem. As we've noted here before, the courts recently freed Federal

The annual Senate battle over China trade policy will move forward Tuesday when the Senate Finance C

The most important basic research project in the world today - an effort that realistically could im

As a scientist, the transparent political melodrama over food irradiation makes me angry. Food compa

GEORGE BUSH is not the only Western leader in trouble with voters. French President Francois Mitterr

RESOLVING TRADE DISPUTES is tough enough. Changing a country's entire business culture, which U.S. a

One of the main issues of this campaign will be who to "blame" for the current economic situation. T

This year's United Nations Earth Summit focused world attention on the environment. As a result, man

DOMESTIC SHIP LINES FAULT MARITIME BILLYour July 22 article "Maritime Sector Remains