Commentary

NOVELIST THOMAS WOLFE wrote a pretty good book entitled, You Can't Go Home Again. Volkswagen AG, whi

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

REAGAN ADMINISTRATION ACTION on a proposal to phase out duty-free benefits for Taiwan, South Korea,

A not so funny thing happened to corporate traffic managers over the last few years under deregulati

Some American commentators believe that a major cause of the U.S. budget deficit is the millions of

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS rarely miss a chance to denounce foreign barriers to U.S. exports, and they are

THE WIDESPREAD AMERICAN ANGER about Japan's many barriers to trade can hardly have escaped attention

I'm beginning to appreciate how the rural natives of Nicaragua must feel. We have been invad

Time is running out. Congress must pass implementing legislation for the harmonized system soon or f

UAW Denies Stance On Toyota MoveI am writing to point out a factual error in your Oct. 28, 1

PROSPECTS FOR AIRLINE INDUSTRY re-regulation continue to loom, notwithstanding recent improvements i

THE WRENCHING, up-and-down economic summit in Washington to work out a budget deal has become a ridi

In their efforts to reduce the deficit, negotiators from the congressional leadership and the admini

It is unfortunate that the most massive stock market drop in history was needed to alert Americans t

A long time ago, I walked into the office of the Washington bureau news editor for a major national

OF ALL THE SUBSIDIES the U.S. government provides to U.S. industries, none is less defensible than t

AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL shipping lines have apparently agreed on just how they want to attack proble

INSURANCE COMPANIES are fond of lecturing their commercial customers about the value of a long-term

The stock market crash jolted Washington policy-makers who had been deadlocked over deficit reductio

The quip that Hong Kong will be a nice place when it is finished arises from the fact that it never

Nearly a month after the earthquake in the stock market, economic policy in the United States is sti

WHAT IS INSIDER TRADING? By failing to decide the issue of whether former Wall Street Journal report

Has Britain cast itself sadly adrift in its decision not to participate fully in the future plans of

ADULT AMERICANS all recognize the significance of the April 15 deadline for filing income tax return

The liberal world trading system in place since World War II was a product of U.S. leadership during

FIRST YOU HINT you might retaliate. Then you threaten retaliation. Next come talks to avert retaliat

Maritime Industry Would Prefer NeglectWhile the U.S.-Canadian Free Trade Agreement may prove

If America is to achieve its goal of a healthy, competitive United States merchant fleet, the govern

CASPAR WEINBERGER hasn't yet departed, but it's already clear there's a new wind blowing through the

THERE IS NO dearth of unpleasant provisions in the omnibus trade bill now pending in a congressional

A stopped clock is correct twice a day. I'm certain that businesses that don't change and improve al

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION will have a new secretary and deputy secretary of Transportation this week

Dennis D. Miller, author of the article Soviets Ignore Grain Pledges published on this page Tuesday,

IT'S TIME TO PUT SOCIAL SECURITY on the table. As negotiators nibble away at an estimated $1

The news from Washington last week read like the pages of True Confessions. Not only did Sup

Two years have now passed since Secretary of the Treasury James A. Baker III made his first attempts

Japan and the United States are experiencing political, economic and psychological transitions not s

AS A CHILD GROWS, he demands the right to decide things for himself. Realistically, parents have no

The international monetary system now revolves around monetary relations between the three great eco

Mexican elections, despite opposition challenges and charges of irregularities, have produced the un