Commentary

Eastern Europe's command economies face an uncertain - though by no means hopeless - future.

NATIONS DO NOT LIKE to concede error. But much to its credit, the United States has done so. At a me

Conrail Automation Program ExplainedA Dec. 15 article, Conrail Eases Demands of Customer Aut

The shipment of overweight containers in international trade is a matter of concern to all segments

STOP WATCHES, walkie talkies and running shoes may not sound like traditional lawyers' tools, but ov

Brazil's course back to economic reality will be difficult, but the government's helm this week show

ONCE UPON A TIME, there were lots of different kinds of companies in thefinancial industry.

The dividing line between professional sports and professional politics in this country is not alway

THE UNITED STATES has always been of two minds when it comes to international organizations. While i

Not since the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the General Agreement on Tariffs and T

The clear link between tourism and economic development is understood by nations across Asia. A well

In 1959, the United States' vision of hemispheric cooperation led to creation of a regional bank to

Which presidential contender knows best how to restore the United States as the global economic cham

IN LAST WEEK'S State of the Union message, President Reagan issued a stirring call for a new beginni

The Federal Reserve System, under heavy pressure from the White House to stave off a recession until

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT the idea of economic stimulus that sends shudders up West German spines. Whe

EVERYONE'S INTERESTED when a crisis erupts. No one wants to read about it when it's chronic. The deb

Austria, its foreign minister is on record as saying, does not rule out the possibility of applying

The United States and Europe are rapidly approaching an impasse over air services. The reaso

IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA last week when the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners forced the reti

Japanese Car Imports Need RestraintI have read your Jan. 5 editorial on Japanese auto import

FINALLY, IT SEEMS, there is some movement on the huge omnibus trade bill. Congressional sour

A journalist and a shipping executive were standing together on a 12-meter yacht that was cutting th

THE SENATE DEBATE over ratification of the U.S.-Soviet treaty limiting medium- and short-range missi

PHYSICIANS DEALING with high-risk patients face high risks themselves when it comes to being sued fo

The U.S. trade deficit is appalling. The deficit for 1987 is estimated at $170 billion, a record hig

WHEN IT COMES to fighting narcotics abroad, the U.S. government expects other nations to act in ways

The oil and gas industry stands to reap substantial benefits from the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreeme

Hong Kong Exports And the US DollarI was most interested to read your report about the excha

WITH THE 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION just days away, the crucial moment in our long, drawn-out democr

Campaigns are judged sometimes by the issues they fail to discuss. By that standard, the current pre

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER Brian Mulroney has been the driving force behind the path-breaking Free Trad

BACK IN THE DAYS when gooey black stuff that oozed out of the ground was of interest only to people

Since the enactment in 1978 of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment linking U.S. trade concessions to the emi

I spent some of the past week making the acquaintance of this season's flu virus. I don't recommend

In the coming months, labor and management undoubtedly will face some tough choices. There are few t

TECHNOLOGY IS the handmaiden of free trade. No matter how governments try to regulate the flow of go

The news from medical economics is that after seven years of the Reagan prescription for runaway cos

Japan has been in the midst of a full-fledged real estate boom. Land and housing prices in Tokyo and

Alan Greenspan took the oath of office as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve