Commentary

Will the recession deter or promote development of environmental facilities such as water treatment

For generations, the Japanese looked upon Russia - and later the Soviet Union - as one of the greate

THE ENGINEERING EQUIVALENT of a soap opera is unfolding in the somber conference rooms of internatio

Buried in the energy bill before the U.S. Congress are provisions to exempt the wholesale electricit

WHO SAID RUSSIANS aren't resourceful? Since the Soviet Union died last year and the economy was unsh

The economy is on the mend. According to the Labor Department, more than half a million people got f

You wouldn't know it to look at the crowds in the elegant shops on the Place Vendome or the packed r

CANADA'S SYSTEM FOR PRICING TIMBER cut from government land has driven trade relations between Ottaw

HOW COULD $720 MILLION simply disappear from pension funds controlled by the late publisher Robert M

IN DEFENSE OF ROB QUARTELYour article on the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department's inane reso

At a joint hearing earlier this month before two House Foreign Affairs subcommittees, several witnes

IN AN UNUSUAL TWIST, Mexico is complaining about an environmental plan in the United States.

Two years ago this month, a State Department advisory committee said there is a pressing need to upg

Within the next few months, Congress will be asked to renew the enabling legislation for the Export-

A sure sign that tax legislation may go nowhere is the decision by Senate Finance Committee Chairman

SCREENING FOREIGN PLANTS for bugs and pests is an important regulatory duty of the Agriculture Depar

The impending collapse of the Uruguay Round world trade talks gives new credibility to regional trad

Far be it from me to question Paul Tsongas' honesty. But when the Democratic candidate for president

The West rightfully frets over the frightful consequences of former Soviet nuclear scientists and en

IF HISTORY IS ANY GUIDE, Andrew Card will not serve long as secretary of transportation. Since the d

FEDERAL AVIATION OFFICIALS have the most sophisticated radar equipment in the world, but they have b

GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE are racing to privatize state-owned properties, and Australia is no exception.

About a year ago, S. Linn Williams, then the Bush administration's chief steel trade negotiator, iss

AS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY gallops ahead, some users are in danger of being left behind. Today's

LOOK INWARD TO SAVE THE FLEETI have read with interest the continuing articles in your newsp

Since World War II, toll roads have become far more common overseas than they are in the United Stat

The Portuguese territory of Macao, just 40 miles across the Pearl River from Hong Kong and 80 miles

The new surface transportation law approved by Congress last year gives states the opportunity to dr

Preliminary data indicate that total bank reserves - the raw material for the money supply - rose at

IN JAPAN, LAND OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, the products of U.S.-based Apple Computer have acquired a ce

U.S. TRADE NEGOTIATORS have spent more than a decade trying to limit Europe's huge government subsid

The European Commission has a case of the Single Market blues. The European Community's exec

FMC COMMISSIONER QUARTEL SHOULD GOI agree with the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department's call

To a chorus of denunciations from the chieftains of the research establishment, the scientific pork

GIVE GEORGE BUSH CREDIT. His January trade mission to Japan, intended mainly to help ailing U.S. aut

PROTECTING WILDLIFE has moved from the genteel realm of wealthy patrons and educational foundations

This city's traffic jams have become legendary. Watching vehicles crawl at 4 miles an hour has becom

The Export-Import Bank must soon ask Congress to renew its charter, or basic operating authority, an

IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH, you can always find a loophole. Vietnam Airlines has found a way to

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION restored its environmental credibility last week by acknowledging the danger