Commentary

There is speculation that President Bush will announce "most-favored-nation" trade treatment for the

U.S. ENERGY POLICY has a schizophrenic quality about it. On the one hand, members of Congres

The launch of the Jupiter probe Galileo from the space shuttle Discovery produced far lessfire and s

OIL SPILL LIABILITY MUST BE LIMITEDYour Oct. 17 editorial, "Forgiving Oil Spills", indicates

TRADE SANCTIONS AGAINST other countries have become a frequently used tool of diplomacy asthe United

THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SHIP in 1989 has been the Exxon Valdez. A decade ago, the same dubious disti

The U.S. economy has been growing continuously since November 1982, now the longest peacetime expans

Mark Twain wrote that when he lived in this city, he shared lodgings with Riley, a newspaper corresp

WITH BUT A YEAR REMAINING in the Uruguay Round multilateral trade talks and so very much still to do

As the Socialist electoral offensive gathers momentum, one crucial question remains unanswered: woul

Industrialists, financial experts, academicians, politicians and analysts have in near unison been f

RELATIONS WITH IRAN have been icy since the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in 1979. But the Iran-United

Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela have bitten the economic austerity bullet. The question: Is Brazil,

West Germany is now at a crossroads in its relations with East Germany's Communist government.

The economic ties that bind the United States and Japan - always uncomfortable, sometimes painful -

NEGOTIATING FREER TRADE WITH MEXICO will undoubtedly be a long and arduous process but one that will

FINANCING THE DRUG WAR seems nearly as problematic as the battle itself, judging from the debate in

With over 20 nuclear reactors operating in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru an

As Mickey Mouse and his friends pack their bags to move to their European home outside Paris in 1992

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY CAN TEACH OTHERSYour Sept. 21 article, "A Hot Issue: Moving Hazardous Mater

WHEN UTILITIES GO BANKRUPT, federal judges should balance the interests of creditors who want their

Another of the deadlines mandated by the 1988 trade act comes up this month. By Nov. 21, Pre

I've often wondered as I've climbed up an escalator that wasn't moving whether the rise of the steps

The 1988 Trade Act requires the Treasury Department to report to Congress countries that manipulate

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, last we heard, favors fewer barriers to international trade. Last week's th

WHEN THE STOCK MARKET soars, there are no complainers. But let prices take a tumble, and complaints

Central America has come to a pivotal point in its history - one requiring a sustainable policy init

In December 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and put an end to Khmer Rouge rule. The bloody Phnom Penh

STAND ON SPILL BILL APPALLS OIL INDUSTRYIt is with great displeasure that I read the editori

The compromise that will boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in eight years is a mixtu

UNCLE SAM'S EMPTY POCKETS increasingly are weakening America's influence on the international scene.

WASHINGTON - "That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where onc

Next Monday, ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries will gather in Canberra, Australia, to discuss

'INEFFICIENT' LABEL DOESN'T FIT SHIPYARDSYour editorial, "Sealift Policy" (Oct. 20), leaves

WHEN THE EXXON VALDEZ hit the rocks off Alaska last March, a U.S. company with deep pockets was at h

Washington gave Wall Street a powerful tranquilizer last week. According to the Commerce Department,

FEW COMMODITIES ARE MORE VITAL to a modern economy than oil. And few examples of environmental degra

Sharply focused television pictures of tumbling houses and falling bridgesections, with San

Health policy makers, members of Congress and state legislators have turned their attention northwar

On Sept. 4, 1986, the Standard & Poor's composite stock price index closed at a new historic high of