Commentary

The time is rapidly approaching for the United States to bite the bullet in the General Agreement on

HARRY BRIDGES, the West Coast longshore leader who died March 30, left a legacy that will influence

Should the United States (oh yes, and Canada as well) start preparing for a world of trading blocs b

Do not be misled by all the commotion and dramatic pronouncements that the German Democratic Republi

For generations London has ranked as Europe's leading financial center. That it will continue to do

MAINTENANCE FEE IS UNCONSTITUTIONALI fully agree with Arthur L. Litman's article on the foll

THE PROBLEM: DOUBLE-DEALING by agents hired to arrange the shipment of U.S. food aid to poor countri

BIG SPENDERS, SMALL SAVERS. That's the dubious reputation Americans enjoy. In 1988, according to the

Members of Congress have an opportunity. This session they can fix a part of the tax code that neve

Two of three disputes with Japan under Section 301 of the 1988 U.S. Omnibus Trade Act are settled. T

AFTER A DECENT STRETCH of negotiations and the appropriate saber rattling, the United States and Jap

The "study," full of charts, tables and regression analyses, has become an essential part of every W

SEEKING TO CLARIFY DRAWBACK PROPOSALI am writing with respect to recent articles in The Jour

MEETING FOR THE SAKE of meeting is always a bad idea. But short of a sudden epidemic of diplomatic f

THE WALLS OF FORTRESS EUROPE have been breached. A gaping hole was made by a most unlikely assailant

The crisis in American transportation and all its manifestations are well documented in the national

America's relationship with Third World nations has changed rapidly from one centered around regiona

The next leader of Argentina may be a shadowy army colonel who admires German Nazism and who once se

THERE ARE TIMES when silence is the best method of diplomacy. That should be the rule this Sunday, w

Senate farm leaders are trying to take an idea inspired by Hubert Humphrey in the 1950s - using Amer

UNRAVEL PATCHWORK OF TRUCK REGULATION"The $12 Billion Bargain" (Editorial, March 30) in supp

CONGRESS IS FOND of passing laws that affect working conditions in the private sector. But there's o

The economy is balanced on a knife edge between recession and expansion as the second quarter begins

When Captain Yoshiki Gunji was assigned to the 8,242-ton Mutsu, Japan's first and only nuclear-power

President Bush's proposal to increase the harbor maintenance fee from 0.04 percent to 0.125 percent

THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATE of $3.80 an hour won't mean much to most businesses. To attract labor thes

HOW CAN YOU REGULATE what you don't understand? That's the paradox that faces the Interstate Commerc

Every morning, foremen at the giant Volvo plant in Gothenburg have to puzzle out how to allocate wo

BANKS AND THRIFT INSTITUTIONS are reeling from the collapse of the junk bond market. But, miraculous

On March 18, the 52nd anniversary of the nationalization of Mexican oil, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico

TRANSPORT SECRETARY NEEDS GREEN LIGHTI read your editorial "Empty Policy" (March 15) with mo

As a general rule, efficiency is a wonderful thing. But when it comes to specific examples, well, so

MANY INSURERS NOW MAY REGRET having ventured into "high-yield" bonds during the heady days of junk f

Liner conferences often are maligned today, but when they were first formed in the early part of thi

Senate Democrats and the Bush administration are clashing over legislation to help Eastern Europe's

SIMPLE FACTS HAVE A WAY of getting ignored in the tangle of special-interest politics in Washington.

FMC HAS SMALL ROLE IN RATE AGREEMENTSThe editorial "Looks Like a Conference" (March 20) is c

In the changes of the past half year, note the disappearance of two old features: communism as the "

PRESIDENT BUSH IS HANDLING the dangerous events in Lithuania with kid gloves. The same cannot be sai

Everybody knows it's easier to start an inflationary process than to beat it. Most people know what