Commentary

The stock market decline has had the beneficial effect of focusing greater attention on the budget d

HAITI'S MILITARY RULERS are nervous, and no wonder: Their utter failure to protect the safety of can

The Wall Street Journal (or Brand X, as we call it around here) last week published two articles th

U.S.-BASED MULTINATIONAL FIRMS have a new tax fight on their hands - a House Ways and Means Committe

THE COLD FACTS of budget austerity notwithstanding, James Burnley, who took office as secretary of T

Do you remember Procrustes, one of the great villains of Greek legend? He was the robber of

Gasoline Marketing And CompetitionI read with interest your Nov. 9 editorial, "Retailers and

The maritime industry has actively pursued the goal of developing a new national maritime policy fo

SLIGHTLY MORE THAN A YEAR has passed since Congress, overriding President Reagan's veto, enacted mod

DUMPING IS ONE of the more controversial terms in the trade experts' lexicon. Technically, it means

There's no little irony in the fact that rags and waste paper are now the biggest exports shipped f

Throughout his seven years in office, President Ronald Reagan has repeatedly called for reductions i

MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES AGO, Benjamin Franklin's original fire insurance company, The Philadelphia C

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG after the Oct. 19 stock market crash for the revisionist wisdom to emerge from a

As Mikhail Gorbachev prepares for an important summit meeting with President Reagan in Washington, i

Easily the most fascinating and humbling aspect of the news business is the development that occurs

HOW CAN A GOVERNMENT lose a referendum in a country in which candidates normally win a solid 99.9 pe

The American consumer - burdened by a mountain of debt, face-to-face withuncertain job prosp

THE FIRES OF INFLATION continue to smolder, even as recession threatens the U.S. economy. Sooner or

With Japanese authorities finally having reluctantly liberalized most if not all of their markets in

U.S. efforts to negotiate new commercial accords with Western Europe and Japan are long overdue. But

THE TRAGIC BLOOD BATH that quashed Haitians' hopes of electing their first democratic government in

IT'S HARD TO THINK of a duller subject than tariff classifications. It's a subject so dull Congress

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - If U.S. politicians were writing a book titled ''How to Lose Friends and

Cargo Preference Report CorrectedThe Nov. 23, 1987 issue of The Journal of Commerce reports

Congressman Mickey Leland, D-Texas, recently introduced in the House of Representatives the most sen

WHEN WORLD TRADE CENTERS began appearing on the scene 40 years ago, they provided a fresh approach t

Gary N. Horlick wrote the article headlined Trade Barriers Spur Investment," which appeared on this

SOME U.S. INDUSTRIES are worried about Brazilian counter-reprisals, if the United States hikes tarif

If you would like to become more knowledgeable about Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev and what he

A recent (Nov. 17) article on problems of the Philadelphia port contained a sweeping indictment supp

THEY TOOK TOO LONG, and blew a perfect opportunity for more dramatic action, but the economic summit

An International Monetary Fund mission in Brasilia is reviewing Brazil's economic situation and outl

WITH BUDGET CUTTERS in Washington expending much of their political capital these days, this is no t

JOE HUMPHREY, transportation manager of Gold Circle Stores in Worthington, Ohio, offers good advice

The Federal Reserve System slammed on the monetary brakes in mid-November as abruptly as it stepped

Foreign investment in the United States has risen from $27 billion in 1970 to $159 billion in 1984 (

Customs Rules Story Missed Vital IssueConcerning your story, "Brokers Charge Customs Rules F

The title of a recent Journal of Commerce editorial, "The Ultimate Free Lunch" (Nov. 6), is aptly ch

Mexico is undergoing a year-long process of presidential transition from Miguel de la Madrid to Carl