Commentary

Mexico may be heading into a long, hot summer. Gubernatorial elections are scheduled for ear

RADICAL FRENCH FARMERS are at it again, trying to hold back European Community agricultural reforms.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS of environmental regulation have improved air and water quality - but at a cost se

"Now let us look into the deceitful conduct of these people. For the last 10 days they have interpos

IN MOST OF THE WORLD, inventors play by a simple rule: Whoever gets to the patent office first recei

The last 18 months have been less than kind to Jacques Delors. The president of the European

U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady has summoned Latin America's chief economic authorities for c

Through the 1980s, regaining control of the government of Nicaragua was an official American obsessi

IF YOU'VE BEEN READING the letters to the editor in this paper lately, you get the impression railro

American agriculture remains super-efficient, untouched by the productivity lag that afflicts manufa

Two weeks ago, executives from nearly two dozen countries were lavishly wined and dined in Cancun, M

It's trade week, with a capital T, at the International Trade Commission. Two major unfair trade pra

AFTER YEARS OF GOVERNMENT INACTION, Washington finally has produced a workable plan to reform federa

RUSSIAN HARD-LINERS gave an unsubtle reminder Thursday of the political problems facing President Bo

Japanese politicians and diplomats participate in the drama of world affairs, but they always seem l

IT'S A PORT OFFICIAL'S worst nightmare - sitting by helplessly as your shipping channels fill with m

For four decades, India was the world's most decisive refutation of the proposition that economic an

WATER PROJECTS ARE NOT PORK BARRELWe question the use of the shop-worn cliche "pork-barrel l

RUSSIA NEEDS EVERYTHING: machines, technology, services, infrastructure and consumer goods. It also

Wealthier societies are more able and willing to devote resources to clean up and protect their envi

PUTTING THE SHOE ON THE WRONG FOOTYour May 4 article on Customs Service rulings on f

ONE OF THE BASTIONS of trucking industry regulation may be about to give way to economic common sens

No more red tape, no more rules, no more third-rate public schools. Maybe privatizing public

Near presidential candidate Ross Perot has been more explicit about trade policy than mostother issu

Bad things, like good, come to an end. The Earth Summit in Rio is over. Participants in the conferen

PRIVATIZATION WORKS. That's the World Bank's conclusion after studying 12 companies once runby gover

The prospect of intensified economic competition among the United States, Europe andJapan has yet to

JAPAN MAY HAVE a healthy trade surplus, but its domestic economy remains in the doldrums. Consider t

When George Bush says he "won't touch Social Security" as part of efforts to balance the budget, wha

IT HAS BECOME A CLICHE to say last week's Earth Summit will be measured by what comes next, not by w

Greek shipowners, with their huge but elderly fleets, must face up to some tough decisions in the co

RAIL UNIONS MAY HAVE TO STRIKEI read with interest Larry Kaufman's article entitled "Rails,

THE FOURTH OF JULY may be a fizzle for 1.5 million Americans who've been out of work more than six m

NO BLACKLISTING BY NY SHIP ASSOCIATIONYour story headlined "ILA Wants High Court to Rule on

The shake-up on the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee continues. At least seven members

Around my home town are mountains. As kids we used to climb to the peak of one and yell at the top o

For two-and-a-half years I beat my head against the walls that keep Japan's economy largely off limi

HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE of how government regulation can turn an industry upside down. Conside

THERE ARE MORE TROUBLING SIGNS this week that Russian economic reforms are slowing down: The governm

In a dry period for government expansion, there's a rare creation that warrants attention: the Criti