Commentary

Finding ways to compete effectively with South Korea will be one of America's major trade challenges

NO ONE EXPECTS The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, which President Reagan unenthusias

If voting is the heart muscle of democracy, the United States is sufferingfrom a severe case

By now, you've heard all the theories as to why Vice President George Bush picked Indiana Sen. Dan Q

THERE'S MANY A SLIP twixt cup and lip, the Greeks used to say. South Korea's latest import liberaliz

As Vice President George Bush sallies forth to do battle for the White House, the Republicans' proud

Although President Reagan agreed reluctantly to allow plant closing legislation to become law, the D

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

It has become highly fashionable among the Japanese these days to discern a new array of major econo

INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS ARE under constant assault from the weather, which bakes road surfaces in the su

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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