Commentary

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

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

WHEN ONE NATION LEVIES economic sanctions against another, it is too oftenbecause raw emotio

As the world's financial leaders meet in West Berlin this week, the settingunderscores the b

Hooray for the hot, dry miserable summer of '88! These three months may turn out to be a watershed i

A single trading bloc, yes. A united states of Europe, no. This was the emphatic message tha

IT'S HARD TO VOTE AGAINST MOTHERHOOD. But Congress will need to do precisely that this week as The F

WONDER WHERE DOT'S DRUG RULES WENT? So do many people in the transportation business, but th

BACK WHEN CONGRESS VOTED to deregulate the airlines in 1978, no one worried about reservations. But

Economic activism is coming back into fashion. In a way few people yet understand, it is likely to r

Is the U.S. financial system ready to face the global competition of the '90s? The answer is

WHEN ROBERT STRAUSS announced Tuesday that he has developed a plan to cut federal spending by $68.5

REGULATORY HARMONIZATION is the sort of phrase that can excite only a lawyer. But as the world's cap

Universal health insurance, proposed Tuesday by Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, sounds like a go

The U.S. Coast Guard has proposed a program of chemical drug and alcohol testing for U.S. seamen, b

Ask Americans on the street to name the main figures in a Canadian election and few will be able to

THE MOST PROMISING OPPORTUNITY to change the welfare system in nearly two decades threatens to slip

Washington can be a most fickle place. Certainly, the Iraqis must have come away with that impressio

The tinkering goes on with health-care plans and limits on doctor and hospital bills. But the plain

ONE OF THE MARITIME industry's longest running soap operas is celebrating an anniversary. Twenty ye

On Sept. 24, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 7 industrial countries

The annual meetings of the 151 member countries of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank wi

THERE IS AMPLE CAUSE for the good humor that is likely to prevail at this weekend's meeting of finan

The long, hot summer of 1988 is over. In the Midwest, the drought has broken. Snow is starting to fa

With peace, if not exactly love, breaking out around the world, the tantalizing question is whether

RAIL ARTICLE NEEDED FURTHER ELABORATIONI refer to Michael G. Messner's Sept. 9 Opinion artic

Everyone on the Isle of Dogs should be prospering. The area is a designated Enterprise Zone in the E

AFTER 70 YEARS of isolation, the Soviet Union wants to rejoin the world economy. But in a latter-day

MATTERS ARE TURNING BLOODY in Burma, where Defense Minister Saw Maung grabbed control of what remain

Next year, either Michael Dukakis or George Bush will decide whether to let the Federal Reserve Boar

HENRY C. WALLICH, who died in Washington Thursday, was one of most influential postwar American econ

BEING TOUGH ON DEFENSE was a theme of the presidential campaign last week, as Democratic candidate M

One of the most striking aspects of the current round of international trade negotiations is a marke

AIRBORNE POLLUTION baked by this summer's record heat has made breathing difficult for millions of c

Linda Marrone is Ted Ruhly's executive secretary. Mr. Ruhly is president of Maersk Inc. Among other

THERE ARE MANY REASONS why Congress ought to pass a banking bill this year. The most important of th

THE FRONTAL ATTACK on trade privileges for developing countries in a Wednesday speech by Peter McPhe

The good news/bad news on the monthly trade balance reports of the Department of Commerce is rightl

September is the great month for taking bearings. The finance ministers of 150 nations and their com

U.S. global leadership no longer can be taken for granted. While the United States has enjoyed a com