Commentary

Preshipment inspection programs have added a new and dangerous element to the international trading

Truck Group Resents Price Fixer LabelIn his vituperative letter to the editor (March 22), Ro

There is an uneasy chill in the air this spring in Sweden. Economists are forecasting stormy

(At the beginning of the rainy season each year, this is published to encourage those who never use

In an editorial that appeared on this page on March 17, The Journal of Commerce was critical of cust

LAST WEEK WAS A BAD ONE for Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo. Not only did he end his bid for the

AGAINST VERY LARGE ODDS, the huge House-Senate trade bill conference wrapped up virtually all of it

There is something troubling about Michael Dukakis's poor showing in the Michigan presidential caucu

At the beginning of March the British secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Tom King, announced t

Energy Woes Deserve More Political HeatWhile it is axiomatic that politicians make plans tha

MORE BY ACCIDENT than by design, the United States government chose to make the lack of foreign acce

THE RESIGNATIONS of two top officials of the U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday should send Edwin Me

ALMOST INADVERTENTLY, the U.S. Department of Transportation has thrown into confusion the status of

Wall Street is not a happy place. Prices of common stocks, bonds and thedollar have crumbled

Recent trade friction between the United States and the Republic of Korea needs to be placed in a la

THE SUPREME COURT LAST WEEK fired another warning shot over the heads of state officials who stray o

The broad outline of a bipartisan post-Reagan federal housing policy has begun to emerge in recent m

Many people think that the French presidential campaign began in earnest last week, when President F

Though anecdotal evidence abounds concerning Japan's trade barriers, quantitative support for the ar

Drug Testing Warrants ConcernThis refers to your Feb. 29 article, Words From the Wise ('d Up

IT MAY BE GOOD POLITICS, but the parochial campaign to block the takeover of Koppers Co. by Pennsylv

WHEN PRIVATE INTERESTS start waving the flag in the name of national defense, it's time to put your

Due to a typographical error, the views of Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Heather Gradison

DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF trade bill conference co-chairmen Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, and Dan Rosten

Jude Wanniski's MediaGuide is to print media criticism what Tolstoy's War and Peace is to the novel.

When a new federal budget process was unveiled in 1974, most budget analysts were overjoyed. Finally

WHEN TEXAS AIR CORP. took over Eastern Air Lines in 1986, the leaders of the unions that represent m

THE TRADE LAWS designed to protect U.S. companies from injury due to imports have become a major wea

ICC's Gradison Explains VoteHaving read your editorial of March 11 (Challenging the ICC), I'

Suriname, the Western Hemisphere's newest democracy, also has some of its barest food shelves. Loave

Today, we live in a world that, in many ways, is strikingly different from the past. Rapid changes c

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION today is expected to vote on a series of trucking industry propos

WITH ONLY A SHORT TERM in office, Transportation Secretary James Burnley has to hurry to make his ma

THE UNITED STATES' TRADE DEFICIT may be falling, but word is slow to reach Washington. The political

Potential military sea-lift capacity in emergencies is part of the need for a substantial U.S.-flag

No Specific Quotas Exist on Tie ImportsI have been reading recent articles in The Journal of

THE WEST GERMAN GOVERNMENT, which has stubbornly resisted all entreaties to stimulate its economy, h

Ronald Reagan may be the spryest lame-duck president we have had in some time. Whatever the decline

Fashions in monetary policy often change as much as in women's apparel. The latest is that designed

It looks like a promising breakthrough in a very mysterious situation is near, but no one is complet