Commentary

Hollywood script writers would have a ball describing current U.S. maritime policy. Should it be cal

The Foreign Trade Zones Board has just done a most extraordinary thing. Last month it publis

Congressional Democrats, together with their agents in the Fourth Estate, have launched an all-out a

THE SOVIET UNION'S status as an associate member of the World Bank paid its first dividend this week

MARINE INSURERS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH to promote safety on the high seas. As providers of an essentia

BORIS YELTSIN CAN KEEP A PROMISE, if belatedly. Last week, more than two months after the failed har

MEXICAN AVOCADOS ARE HEALTH THREATOn Oct. 21, an article containing comments by Herman Von B

For now, the clash between promoters of free markets and advocates of old- style state control is on

The U.S. environmental community and the tuna canning industry are deceiving the American public. By

WHAT BEGAN THE YEAR as a progressive plan to modernize the U.S. banking system has become a narrow,

Thanks to support from President Fernando Collor, Brazil's environmental movement has grown by leaps

NEGOTIATORS IN GENEVA missed a deadline Friday for producing a draft agreement in the Uruguay Round

Right-wing and extremist groups are challenging Europe's mainstream political parties, increasing th

Look for some potentially surprising news in the next few weeks from the Federal Maritime Commission

AS FREE TRADE AREAS TAKE SHAPE in North America and Europe, Southeast Asians are racing to keep pace

THE AUTO INSURANCE ROADSHOW that riveted New Jersey in September has moved on to California.This mon

CANADA SHOULD OPEN ITS LUMBER INDUSTRYIn responding to James Bovard's rabid attack on the Bu

The Democrats, sensing opportunity where there was none six months ago, now are taking great delight

On the eve of last year's presidential elections, the Polish media suddenly discovered the threat po

CONGRESS HAS A TALENT for producing protectionist trade legislation. Take the House Energy and Comme

AUTHORS OF THE HIGHWAY SPENDING BILL now making its way through Congress are always careful not to c

REGIONAL TRADE PACTS AREN'T GOOD ENOUGHSupporting bilateral and regional trade-liberalizatio

"Welcome to Siberia!" proclaimed a newspaper headline that greeted us on our arrival in Krasnoyarsk,

Restricting federal deposit insurance is at the top of virtually everyone's list for U.S. banking re

Almost half a century after their surrender in 1945, the Japanese only now are beginning - just begi

RENEWING U.S. DIPLOMATIC and commercial ties with Vietnam is no longer a question of "if" but "when.

When Clarence Thomas was confirmed as a member of the Supreme Court, most Americans thought - or at

Five years ago, the United States implemented voluntary import restraints on foreign-made machine to

MEDDLESOME BUREAUCRATS are proposing a dangerous change in U.S. aviation policy. Lawyers at the Depa

Finland has scarcely lived a moment of its life in security. Practically from the moment settlers ar

PRE-EMPT STATE TRUCKING REGULATIONI want to commend The Journal of Commerce for articulating

The long tradition of the Swiss as "the reluctant Europeans" is changing, and mostly due to events b

WORKERS AT THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN Railroad accepted management's proposal last week for smaller cre

WE COULDN'T RESIST THIS ONE. It seems that a British company called Bodywise has discovered that a p

Every few years, American medical researchers take a look at the destructive malaria epidemic that a

The United States and over 20 other nations resume talks this week in Paris on proposals fora new pa

As the scandal around the Bank of Credit and Commerce International widens, it is temptingto believe

POLAND'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS this weekend are shaping up as a referendum on the economic reforms

EUROPE HAS RAISED THE ANTE in a new global game: Who has the largest trading bloc? It is a contest t

Poland's parliamentary elections on Sunday come at a time when paranoia over privatization seems to