Commentary

PAKISTAN AND THE UNITED STATES have long been bound together in an uncomfortable marriage of geopoli

A Sunday afternoon walk - a much-needed break between a lavish dinner and a superfluous supper - lea

Probably the strongest and most enduring trade link between the Mexican and American economies is ba

Fifteen years ago, the city of Gothenburg on Sweden's west coast was home to some of the world's big

RESHUFFLING THE BUREAUCRATIC BOXES on an organization chart is rarely the best way to improve poor m

Press reports of the Department of Justice's far ranging investigation of possible fraud in defense

THE SUCCESS OF U.S. companies winning contracts at the Kansai airport in Japan was a topic of conver

THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., the once-proud railroad that runsfrom the Pacific O

After nearly two years of careful study, the blue-ribbon panel was unequivocal: An independent feder

Alfredo Arellano Tafoya hit the brakes to avoid slamming his 18-wheel rig into the small car that cu

THIS WEEK IN NEW ORLEANS, Commerce Secretary C. William Verity wore a lapel button that had nothing

While the U.S.-Canada free trade pact breezes through Congress, uncertainty surrounds its fate in Ca

THE TICKETS ARE SET and the campaign officially begins today. As George Bush and Michael Duk

Harmonizing international economic, trade and financial policies often is advanced by world leaders

Coming back here to North Carolina's Outer Banks for the umpteenth summer in as many years, I rememb

THE SENATE, SELF-PROCLAIMED as the world's greatest deliberative body, last week revealed its less

BUSINESS FAILURES ARE NEVER PLEASANT, especially for managers and workers who lose their jobs. This

Many trade watchers are focusing their attention on the commercial unification of the European Commu

THE LONGSTANDING BATTLE over automobile fuel economy is about to resume. Within the next few days, T

Outgoing Treasury Secretary James Baker had a secret, according to a press report early this month.<

Last week was the first anniversary of Alan Greenspan's accession to the throne at the Federal Reser

A CHORUS IS RISING IN CONGRESS to create a long-term care program for the seriously ill, and some pr

The usually reserved Sierra Club, an environmental organization, is engaging in shrill polemics to t

The American textile industry and its workers have been injured by the spectacular growth in textile

HOW INSURERS PROFIT FROM SUPPLY LIMITSThis letter is in response to a July 26 opinion articl

The European Currency Unit, a cosmopolitan, hybrid currency that lacks bank notes or coins, is start

WITH ITS EXPENSIVE RESCUE PLAN for Dallas's First RepublicBank Corp., the Federal Deposit Insurance

VERY FEW PROVISIONS IN the trade bill President Reagan is expected to sign this week are so badly ne

A NORMALLY ROUTINE TASK will be a potentially explosive undertaking as Mexico's electoral college co

Better late than never. That's probably what Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan told hims

MORE CHANGES are coming in the way the Commerce Department announces the U.S. merchandise trade bala

Europe is growing together and is developing its own position as a political, economic and cultural

IT MAY NOT HAVE MUCH EFFECT on anyone else, but last Tuesday's appeals court decision is bad news fo

For over a decade now, ocean shipping has sailed through particularly heavy weather, and all sectors

Fidel Velazquez is one Mexican politician who wouldn't seem to be in a position to dictate policy to

GUILFORD NOT INVOLVED IN INFLUENCE PEDDLINGIn an Aug. 8 editorial (Ethics and the ICC), The

THE COMMON WISDOM is that the Federal Reserve Board's sudden move to slow the economy by increasing

Many observers believe the opportunity for real agricultural reform is greater now than it has been

RACKETEERING CONJURES UP IMAGES of underworld bosses hatching extortion, bribery and loansharking sc

The United States is facing a two-fold challenge in Europe. The consolidation of Western Europe is g