Commentary

BUYING GOODS MADE IN THE USAIn "High Cost of Textile Protection," (Dec. 10, Opinion, Page 12

SUPPORTERS OF A MORE CLOSELY integrated Europe won big at last week's European Community summit at M

The forcing down of a U.S. plane on a routine anti-drug mission over Venezuela by a Venezuelan air f

AMERICANS LOVE THEIR CARS, but there's a price to pay for that love affair. New data assembl

DEMOCRACY TRANSFORMED EASTERN EUROPE and the former Soviet Union, and it has now done the same for t

President Bush is yet to fill the vacancies created by his choice of Transportation SecretarySamuel

Nice going, Commerce Department. The economy isn't bad enough? You had to kill the GNP too?

The United States is in danger of losing the principal advantage to taxpayers that it is seeking in

MARK TWAIN ONCE SAID that whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. He was referring to the

A commission on ocean shipping appointed by President Bush is weighing recommendations to Congress t

MORE THAN EVER, environmental concerns are driving economic and political agendas. Three development

A dispute between Hungary and Czechoslovakia over an ill-fated joint hydroelectric dam project on th

When Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari visits Camp David this weekend, he will urge Presid

NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. Japan's trade surplus continues to grow, despite a stronger y

Merchants in this enterprising city are learning how perilous it can be to act as middleman between

WHEN THE SOVIET UNION officially died on Sunday - replaced by a new commonwealth of republics - the

After five years of grueling debate with America's farm trade competitors, it is time for U.S. trade

Way back in the presidential campaign so long, long ago, George Bush delighted partisan audiences wh

America can rest easy. George Bush is here. The president promised the nation a "new action program"

IT MAY LOOK CHEERFUL in eastern Germany as Christmas approaches, but economic distress is not far fr

Media coverage of the recent disclosure that basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson has Acquired Imm

SHIPPING LINES TAKE NOTE: Building a warehouse on the waterfront may subject you to a Pandora's box

Controversies, mishaps, outright fraud - just about anything that could have happened in the past ye

Never underestimate the greed of a protected industry. The Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council Inc.

ECONOMISTS ARE HAVING A FIELD DAY. They look at exactly the same data on national employment, indust

The "German Question" will be lurking in the minds of European Community leaders today as they steel

Everybody's talking, all the time, in a variety of ways. Peace talks, talk radio, endless congressio

IT'S NO SECRET THAT LAWYERS, like almost everyone else, are feeling the pinch of a slow economy. But

POLITICAL REPRESSION and economic stagnation are not communism's only legacy. As Eastern Europe and

With the United States on the verge of recognizing the newly independent but still unarticled Ukrain

NO ONE CAN MANAGE A DISASTER like Sam Skinner. During his three years as secretary of Transp

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS with international talks next week to end foreign shipbuilding subsidies, the

Politics are muddying the national discussion of economic policy. The administration is confusing ta

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A PHRASE MAKES. With only a few weeks to go before a new Medicare payment

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN if government forced companies to consult with their workers before making importa

As prospects diminish for a quick exit from the current recession, concerns about inflation and corp

This weekend marks the start of the fifth year of the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupatio

It's too much to expect all contingents of the elephantine U.S. government to sound the same policy

WITH A PUBLIC RELATIONS SPLASH, the Bush administration last week released its annual list of potent

NORWAY IS DISCOVERING that ending trade barriers with the European Community could mean a freer flow