Commentary

GOVERNMENT HAS A LEGITIMATE INTEREST in funding high-technology research, which can position U.S. co

MEXICANS HAVE HIGH HOPES for a U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement. According to the government newspap

Would Sen. Prescott Bush have supported his son George Bush's much-debated tariff decisions - free t

In the minds of many Westerners, there is little difference between the countries of Eastern Europe.

DURING THE PAST 18 MONTHS, the United States, Japan and the European Community have rarely missed a

ILWU TRIED TO REPLACE STEELWORKERSYour editorial "Abusive Practice" (April 18) provided a so

With news that the Federal Reserve Board lowered the discount rate by a half percentage point to cou

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. soon may help bail out Chrysler Corp. to the tune of $300 million. When a ma

The Bush administration's attempt to draft a new export controls bill is bogged down in differences

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICIES are best made with national needs in mind. That simple concept take

Yugoslavia's republics are probably living through the last months of a marriage arranged under the

Five of us were in line at London's Gatwick Airport, waiting for our Northwest Airlines' flight to B

THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY should be pleased with the gist of Labor Secretary Lynn Martin's proposal thi

War is good for business, right? Wrong, at least in the case of the gulf conflict. Over almost as so

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is under increasing pressure from U.S. business to end its trade embargo aga

ILL-CONCEIVED HARBOR FEE THWARTS TRADEYour article "U.S. Exporters Decry Harbor Fee Inequity

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN long has been a thorn in the side of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbac

U.S. THREATS OF TRADE RETALIATION against Japan made front page news last week, but another trade ac

The U.S.-Japanese trade negotiating process represents a rusting treadmill, still unable to correct

It is only an unofficial estimate in a footnote but it's one example of the surprising bite in what

Almost a year and a half after U.S. forces landed in Panama to oust Gen. Manuel Noriega and his thug

Many Japanese heartily welcomed Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's four-day visit to Tokyo last mo

Times are tough on Main Street. The $47 billion drop in domestic demand last winter made plain that

NOBODY LIKES TAXES, especially when they're assessed in an arbitrary, slap- dash fashion. Witness th

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD FINALLY took a move long-awaited by the Bush administration. On Tuesday i

RETALIATION IS A BAD WAY for a country to do business with its trading partners. Too often, it simp

THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS in China is about to go higher for some businesses. Starting today, Beiji

America is headed for electricity shortages within the next decade unless significant new power pla

The opinion article written by James M. Roberts ("Tilting Toward Smart Business," April 25), former

The old problem is back, and it's getting worse. The European Community's troubled trade rel

LOOK FOR MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS to be built in the United States over the next 15 years.

SAMUEL SKINNER MAY NEVER FACE a more difficult decision as Secretary of Transportation than the one

I am not among those who believe that profits are obscene, but I am beginning to notice that executi

Calls for a "new world order" are grabbing headlines these days, but real change won't occur if coun

Key Democrats reportedly have approved a letter President Bush will send to Congress this week outli

Perrier, the chic drink of the 1980s, can't get its old market back. It has tried every conceivable

Early next week, President Bush will submit an action plan to Congress addressing the contentious en

ILWU DEFENDS ROLE IN USS-POSCO CASEYour recent editorial accusing the International Longshor

ELEVEN YEARS AGO, Congress forced the trucking industry to come to terms with open markets and less

IT'S OFFICIAL. At least it should be today. The Commerce Department this morning isexpected to repor