Commentary

Reports out of Tokyo suggested that the Japanese might renege on their commitment to lower their tra

SEA LABOR LAW WON'T CREATE UNIONSThe editorial of June 27, "Labor Law at Sea," is not only f

President Bush has stated that his top priority for the Houston economic summit is the Uruguay Round

The July 5 editorial, "Oil Spill Compromise," misstated the limit on ship owners' liability for oil

SUMMITRY IS ALL THE RAGE. Only last month, shortly after President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail

WHILE THE SOVIET UNION IS hurriedly adapting Western ideas to organize its economy and its political

For years I have run a trade deficit with my hairdresser. I didn't give it a moment's thought until

President Bush may have worked his way out of a corner into which he had painted himself, but not wi

AMERICA'S GROWING FOREIGN DEBT is among the most visible symptoms of misguided economic policy. U.S.

CONGRESS MIGHT HAVE BEEN STUCK FOREVER in a circular argument. But fortunately, House and Senate con

I have conflicting reactions to the Structural Impediments Initiative talks with Washington: outrage

In positioning Mexico for free trade talks with the United States, much can be learned from the bila

The leaders of the Western alliance will resemble gamblers in a high-stakes poker game next week as

THE 600-SHIP NAVY is an idea whose time has come and gone. With it has gone any justification for th

NELSON MANDELA'S 10-DAY U.S. tour produced a strong show of solidarity from the American people, a b

ACT WOULD PROTECT US LONGSHOREMENYour June 27 editorial, "Mis-Defining Dock Work," which att

SPACE SCIENTISTS WAITED over a decade for the Hubble Space Telescope. The orbiting space observation

For nearly 40 years, June 7 has been set aside in Mexico to celebrate ''Freedom of the Press" Day. T

NO ONE WOULD ATTACH MUCH WEIGHT to the U.S. government's promise to do anything in the year 2000. Ye

Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner is turning up the heat on Los Angeles airport official

'Tis the season for patriotism once again. All over the land, at small-town parades and family picni

Boris Yeltsin, the new president of the Russian Federation, is using rhetoric, not rockets, to chall

GEORGE BUSH DESERVES CONGRATULATIONS. He finally did something unpopular. As a consummate po

When we Baby Boomers decide we want some new contrivance, companies respond, lest they lose out on t

Exports are a mainstay of U.S. agriculture. Disposal of agricultural surpluses with subsidies in res

IT TAKES SOME CREATIVE REASONING to justify more oil drilling off the U.S. coastline on environmenta

In recent years, environmental liability has been a constant source of new risks for the American bu

IT USED TO BE that the Bush administration wanted to roll back sugar subsidies. But that was before

ORLANDO BOSCH SHOULD BE FREEDThe Journal of Commerce is too fine a newspaper to become an ec

All those who are most anxious to set in place successful movement toward economic and monetary unio

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE IS SERIOUS about making import processing more efficient. That's about the

THE CAPTAIN IS A BRITON, his crew Filipino. The Norwegian-owned cruise ship plies the Caribbean unde

This year marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most significant sets of labor agreements in U.S.

A year ago, Washington adopted sweeping legislation to bail out millions of depositors in failed sav

Every big city throughout the world fights traffic these days. But Tokyo, one of the most highly dev

As the United States and the Soviet Union sign arms limitation agreements, Japan continues its defen

AFTER MONTHS OF EQUIVOCATION, the Fish and Wildlife Service declared the spotted owl to be a threate

THE SONG SOUNDS terribly familiar: achieving social peace in Central America requires economic progr

The leaders of the European Community will bask in the limelight today as they take another step tow

Deregulation has enhanced the efficiency of railroad operations and produced substantial benefits fo