Commentary

JAPAN'S MINISTRY of International Trade and Industry is a model for many Americans who'd like to see

Most Americans would be outraged by the thought of the United States giving a $355 billion annual su

THE INSOLVENT Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. may soon be put out of its misery. Next week, a federal

FACT IS, SHIPPING ACT ALLOWS AGREEMENTSIf it looks like a fact, talks like a fact, and acts

Last fall, top Soviet economists designed what they labeled the "radical- moder ate" plan for econom

SHOCK THERAPY IS THE LATEST experiment in treating economic ills. Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Uni

Ask the U.S. Trade Representative how to press our advantage in services exports and the answer will

The Bush administration wants over $400 million for a new U.S. embassy in Moscow - more than it is p

Large-scale intervention and speculation in foreign currencies by the Federal Reserve has clouded th

THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN, not usually known for its sensitivity to student political concerns, appea

The West German Greens. Remember them? They're the ones who originally emphasized cleaning up the en

RAIL COMPETITION MUST BE PRESERVEDWe are disturbed by Conrail Senior Vice President Charles

JUSTICE WAS SERVED by Joseph Hazelwood's acquittal Thursday on felony charges stemming from the wrec

CLEAN AIR LEGISLATION was supposed to be this year's top priority on Capitol Hill. But special inter

The recent rise in labor costs in Taiwan plus changes in the value of thedollar have given U

FACTS MAY CHANGE, BUT ISSUES LINGER. How else to explain yet another spring offensive in the endless

WHAT A DEAL! The new U.S.-Soviet long-term grain agreement, signed Thursday in Vienna, provides for

U.S. participation in the bank proposed to aid the reconstruction and development of Eastern Europe

It's hard to argue in favor of unfairness. Business lobbyists understand that, which is why the law

Gun import bans are not necessarily illegal, but those imposed since 1969 are illegal, including the

The winds of democratic change have become hurricanes in Eastern Europe and are extending themselves

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: IT'S NOT A CONFERENCEI read with interest your March 20 editorial, "Look

When it comes to policy-making, almost anyone can hold a candle to the U.S. Congress. That's why Sec

THE END SEEMS NEAR for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The agency's demise deserves no tea

WHAT DOES HIRING A FRENCH executive have to do with teaching new skills to laid-off workers in Detro

Farmers wonder if Japan's largest agricultural group is friend or foe. With U.S. trade negotiators d

THE RESTRUCTURING OF Venezuela's $20 billion debt to foreign commercial banks is being heralded as a

The first name of Jeffrey Sterling, chairman of the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (the

Since its creation, the death of the European Free Trade Association has been announced with regular

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MEXICOI have read with the greatest concern the March 14 arti

IT'S GOING TO BE HARD, but let's get it over with. That was the clear message of Sunday's elections

PRESIDENTS AND FOREIGN MINISTERS from around the world stood in line in Windhoek Tuesday night to ce

Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski, the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, last week pr

Looking at the advance of freedom and democracy in Eastern Europe, most Americans feel a sense of sa

It has been painfully clear for quite some time that the fate of the ongoing U.S.-Japan Structural I

The time has come for the European Community to translate its good will toward the infant democracie

IF IT LOOKS LIKE A CONFERENCE, talks like a conference and acts like a conference, shouldn't it be t

Democrats warn that Washington must save high-tech industries from shortsighted, penny-pinching poli

In October 1987, the stock market crashed. The Dow Jones Industrial average declined over 508 point

PRIVATELY OWNED AIRPORTS? TOLL ROADS built and managed by private entrepreneurs? These are among th