Commentary

ALLOWING TRADE TO BE THE HANDMAIDEN of foreign policy cost President Reagan dearly. Downplaying trad

Every now and then, a story comes along that deserves more attention than it gets from the better-kn

Hopefully George Bush was able to enjoy his Thanksgiving holiday at Kennebunkport, Maine. Come the t

The network television news has become the favorite punching bag of those who lose out in the court

MONDAY'S RISE IN THE PRIME RATE to 10.5 percent, the highest rate in three- and-one-half years, shou

Day after day over the past two months, millions of Japanese have been patiently keeping up with the

Nearly two years after the European Community adopted a common maritime policy, it is still not clea

Britain's ports feel badly let down by the politicians. While port managers say they are doi

POINTS ON TRADE BAR DESERVE EXPANSIONI am glad to be called a crocodile and even often wrong

INTEREST ON DEBT IS DEDUCTIBLE from corporate income tax. Dividends on equity are not. That differen

REFORM OF THE SYSTEM for procuring ocean transportation of military cargoes may be one of those issu

The movement toward closer integration of the European Community in 1992 is a source of constant hea

THE GRAPEVINE SAYS Farrell Lines Inc.'s president, Richard Parks, has the inside track to be maritim

From his perch beneath the cedars on the University of British Columbia's sprawling campus, James Br

THE SWEEPING VICTORY of Canada's Progressive Conservative Party in Monday's parliamentary election s

Life is changing in China, but not always for the better. When I visited China last month, I

FOREIGN COMPANIES ARE FLOCKING to the United States - where their subsidiaries earn substantially le

The Bush administration must feel blessed. Never - at least in recent memory - has an incoming admin

George Bush hardly had time to catch his breath last week when he was faced with his first serious p

During the 1780s, Field Marshal Grigori Potemkin gave Catherine the Great a tour of shiny, prosperou

US TRADE POLICIES LACKING DIRECTIONYour editorial Half Measures (Oct. 31) states, For every

An agreement on agriculture is crucial to the success of the current trade negotiations in the Gener

DESPITE ALL THE CRITICISM, this month's election wasn't marked by much more negativism than can usua

CALIFORNIA VOTERS' ANGRY APPROVAL of a massive rollback of car insurance rates should finally make c

A GROUP OF SHIPPERS, truckers and consumer advocates, which met earlier this month to plan a 1989 le

Richard A. Stuckey has a shorthand way of predicting recessions in the United States. He keeps an ey

The United States is about to emerge from the Reagan era, which has turned this country into the wor

ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN FEW and far between in the 41 years since Pakistan became an independent nation.

PRESIDENT REAGAN'S PLEDGE of greater U.S. flexibility on agricultural trade signifies a more realist

Oct. 26, 1988. Today, I returned to Grenada. Return, I suppose, is a very imprecise term as my last

Monday is the day of reckoning for the U.S.-Canada free trade deal that has been approved in Washing

THE NEW TURMOIL IN GLOBAL FINANCIAL markets was perhaps inevitable and certainly predictable. Althou

Can a conservative economic and social agenda work for Mikhail Gorbachev as he strives to reform th

THERE'S LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE in the dismal financial results posted by the Export-Import Bank of

The status of the Federal Aviation Administration is a recurrent issue in the debate over federal av

FOOTBALL HELMET STORY IGNORED VICTIM'S SIDEThe Wisconsin Victim's Network takes issue with a

FEW AGENCIES WIELD as much economic power with as little publicity as the U.S. International Trade C

The late W.C. Fields warned about making resolutions for improvement during moments of stress or rem

THE SWEEPING VICTORY BY LEFT-WING parties in Brazil's municipal elections Tuesday serves as one more

The election is over. The gurus of groupthink claim that George Bush, despite his victory margin, do