Commentary

Many Americans expected a lower U.S. dollar to solve the large trade deficit problem. But the sharp

In West Germany, the word umweltfreundlich is in the air. It is also in the landscape, the water and

TWO TEXAS CONGRESSMEN championing special interests have sullied an otherwise worthy truck safety bi

RAILCARS AND BOGIES ARE NOT THE SAMEThe article Eurotunnel Backers Order Japan Railcars that

LAST WEEK'S RESOUNDING VOTE against continuing rule by a military dictator opens a new era in Chile.

New postage rates result from 10-month regulatory proceedings during which the independent Postal Ra

In 1983, the United States and the Caribbean Basin nations embarked upon a unique trade program desi

A WORD TO SUPPORT CUSTOMS AUTOMATIONI feel impelled to write to you after reading the editor

THERE MAY BE ONLY A HANDFUL of Americans who truly understand what a value- added network is, and Co

The year 1992 is a milestone in the creation of the European Community's single market. It is clearl

It is startling that so little is known in the United States of Mexico's recent trade liberalization

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has pushed another big stack of political chips behind his bet that

MUCH TO THE AMAZEMENT of almost everyone, Washington's Union Station is back in business. For a mast

CAPITOL HILL'S ANTI-DRUG MORALITY PLAY, which faced poor reviews in the House in mid-September, prev

Could the next president enjoy a reduction in the budget deficit without tears - no major spending c

They said it couldn't be done. Who would have thought, even a year ago, that most major private and

An eerie calm has settled over world financial markets. With help from massive government interventi

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE'S DRIVE to automate has, by and large, had salutary effects. The service's

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS IMPORTANT. But 15 years of experience with efforts to curb energy consumption i

So much for progress. The average speed of traffic in central London is now down to just 12 miles an

AFTER DUE DELIBERATION, the finance ministers of the seven leading industrial nations announced last

Few sections of the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement are more arcane than the one establishing a new

On the day Emperor Hirohito dies, a rich and increasingly self-confident Japan will break free of it

NO ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED had the government's Overseas Private Investment Corp. stopped insu

NICHOLAS BRADY, only two weeks in office, passed up a prime opportunity last week to break new groun

With the war between Iran and Iraq apparently at an end after eight years of blood-letting, the worl

Each night, Federal Express Corp. moves close to 1 million packages throughout the integrated nation

THE SOUTH AFRICAN sanctions bill seems to have gone from barely breathing to dead. The bill

International markets for securities have grown tremendously in recent years. The world's securities

SNARLED TRAFFIC AND CONGESTED HIGHWAYS are rapidly becoming one of the nation's major transportation

World leaders meeting in West Berlin this week for the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting

The Italian Communist Party has been undergoing an identity crisis since the death of its charismati

It was a question I had heard posed from time to time at cocktail parties and public forums alike: H

At times, the first presidential debate seemed like an effort to compensate those television viewers

STATES ARE ALWAYS FINDING NEW WAYS to tax non-resident companies while protecting their own constitu

A new House-passed South Africa sanctions bill, which is being pushed by the majority leadership in

IN THE CLOSING DAYS of a legislative session, Congress sometimes sends a signal when it can't resolv

TEAMSTERS UNION PRESIDENT William McCarthy is still new at his job, but some changes already bode we

(The following is an update of a column that appeared in The Journal of Commerce on Oct. 14, 1987. I

While the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement approved by the U.S. Senate last week is a major step for