Commentary

Before Carlos Salinas de Gortari swore the presidential oath in December 1988, cynics in Mexico clai

PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI may not be calling his latest economic austerity measures a "shock," but

The 1980s witnessed a new phenomenon on the national economic scene: the rising sun of Japanese auto

MARITIME BILL BASED ON MISINFORMATIONThose who ask why misguided maritime proposals occasion

IF YOU LIVE IN DETROIT, St. Louis, Charlotte or Houston, you don't have much choice when it comes t

Until the early 1970s, both Europe and the United States relied primarily on the "direct expenditur

HANDS-OFF POLICY BEST FOR CARIBBEANYour editorial, "Unrest in the Caribbean" (August 3), arg

Nuclear cooperation between Argentina and Brazil has raised hopes that a new ''Latinatom" organizati

THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S never-ending campaign for protection against imports has received a boost fro

TWENTY YEARS AFTER LUNG CANCER victims began suing the asbestos industry, more than 100,000 claims

American imports of Soviet logs may have the unintended effect of helping Japan depend less on the U

The 1990 oil shock, like its predecessors in 1973 and 1979, will intensify the coming recession in t

THERE'S AN UNUSUAL SILENCE in Washington this week, and Congress' August recess is not thecause. Few

Outwardly at least, Japan appears to be a thoroughly homogenous country, give or take a few hundred

FOR A DECADE, the U.S. government has been pouring billions of dollars - and hundreds of millions of

With the invasion of Kuwait, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has provided a most powerful incentive fo

CENTRAL BANKERS ARE PAID to shatter politicians' dreams. The dream that the United States can weathe

THE IRAQI OCCUPATION of Kuwait is having an immediate impact at the gasoline pump. Perhapsthe most p

RAILROADS GAIN MUCH FROM DEREGULATIONIt was with some astonishment that I read Don Shoemaker

One of the remarkable things about Britain is the predominance of infrastructure built during the 19

The spring publication of the Department of Transportation's "Statement of National Transportation P

Lawmakers who oversee the freight transportation industries will face a jammed legislative agenda wh

Time was when Latin America meant leather. Not shoes, of course; it's been decades since any

AUTOMOBILE AND HEALTH INSURANCE may go the way of pork bellies and soybeans - to the floor of the Ch

THE CARIBBEAN NATION of Trinidad and Tobago is perhaps the most unexpected place for a coup attempt

TARIFF AUTOMATION ISN'T THE ISSUEI take exception to the front page article entitled "Ship T

"You don't realize it until you get out and walk the streets," said Rep. Toby Roth, R-Wis. "People a

President Bush's announcement of a new hemispheric policy on June 27 is an extraordinarily significa

MORE THAN 4 BILLION TONS of chemicals, fuel oils and other hazardous goods are hauled down highways,

Doomsday reports about U.S. trade deficits have increased bilateral tension. Public opinion polls sh

The Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations is entering its last phase: it must conclude at

Since the early 1970s, American productivity growth has fallen by half to between 1 percent and 2 pe

July was billed as a critical month for the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under t

The U.S. economy is sick. That was the only possible interpretation of the Commerce Department's dis

CONGRESS IS DETERMINED to have a say in whether China should be granted preferential trade status, d

Now that George Bush has uttered the "T" word, won't some courageous political leader utter the drea

Congress passed the Exon-Florio amendment in 1988, giving the president restricted authority to bloc

The collapse of one of the largest French stockbrokerages two weeks ago sent shock waves through th

AT LONG LAST, Congress has finished work on an oil spill bill establishing prevention measures, prep

TEXTILE FIRMS' NEEDS SHOULD BE ASSESSEDYour editorial "Wrong Message" (July 20) was the righ