Commentary

Soviet and Central European economists have predicted that their countries' intra-regional trade wil

The dispute over trade-distorting farm subsidies that has deadlocked the Uruguay Round of the Genera

Nicholas Ridley, the British secretary of state for industry, had this to say about entrusting sover

The latest insult to the intelligence of the American people has their approval. Apparently

COMPETITION KEEPS companies honest. That's a lesson Consolidated Rail Corp. will be learning now tha

Attention all those who have ever wanted to push a bureaucrat in front of a train: The Association o

NOTHING SYMBOLIZES AN ECONOMIC slump more dramatically than failing banks. This week, Federal Deposi

IT IS OUR NATIONAL SHAME that so many working Americans are not covered by a health insurance plan.

It seemed inevitable that Poland would be the first country in post-communist East-Central Europe to

Bank reserves are raw material for the money supply, the fuel that powers the U.S. economy. Over th

"It's not over till the fat lady sings" - a phrase apparently coined a dozen years ago by an opera b

JAN. 15 HAS TAKEN ON ominous overtones since the United Nations set this day as the deadline for Ira

This is truly a winter of crisis for the Soviet Union. The United States has just announced the firs

Dirk Enders and Jana Hartinger are part of a group of people that most in Germany and the rest of th

FORMER SEN. HIRAM JOHNSON once called truth "the first casualty when war comes." Before the first sh

LOW BIDDER ISN'T BEST FOR RESERVE FLEETSince the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August, there h

THE TIME IS LONG PAST for the United States to grant full trading rights to the Soviet Union. Presid

An ominous cloud hovers over world affairs since trade negotiations in Brussels two weeks ago faile

In these agonizing days of economic self-analysis, the word "leverage" brings back bad memories.

TO STAY COMPETITIVE, American manufacturers have adjusted their marketing tactics to take into acco

In a looming battle of the heavyweights, some of the nation's best-known freight shippers are prepar

Now that the budget debate is over, it is clear that Congress and the administration believe America

HAITI'S PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT on Sunday will mark the end of that nation's tortuous march toward freel

Twenty-five years ago Walter Lippmann wrote that Latin Americans were unable to achieve sound econom

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT approved a 1991 budget for the European Community this week that calls for s

One of the consequences of a possible collapse of world trade talks is an escalating war over patent

A COMPANY AND ITS WORKERS are in the best position to determine fair wages and working conditions. C

WASHINGTON IS CAUTIOUSLY moving toward lifting its 15-year-old trade embargo against Vietnam. But Ha

A flood of South Korean automobile parts and pharmaceuticals falsely labeled by Japanese companies

Piracy of copyrights, patents and other intellectual property costs the U.S. economy tens of billion

I'm getting a little tired of Saddam Hussein's poaching on what is, at least partly, my turf.

The world trade ministers' meeting in Brussels collapsed last week because the European Community re

ARMAND HAMMER LIVED to see the Cold War end, which is fortunate since no one in the last 40 years se

CRITICS OF BIG BUSINESS consider "corporate philanthropy" a contradiction in terms. Businesses, they

According to the Labor Department, the United States lost 1.1 million jobs over the past five months

Eishiro Saito is the chairman of Japan's largest business organization, but during the last four and

POLITICIANS WHO RECEIVE 75 percent of the popular vote are quick to claim a mandate from the people.

US NEEDS TO DEBATE MEXICAN TRADE PACTBen Tonra is right to suggest that more attention shoul

During the past two years the Bush administration has put itself into a straitjacket with regard to

The international maritime community is praying for a long, hard winter in the United States.