Commentary

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

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL among those who would cartelize the world's trade. Now it's the turn of the tro

EVEN AS THE LAST commercial ship under construction in the United States slides down the ways at Wis

Don't Eliminate Oil As US Energy SourceIn a recent letter (Oct. 23), John Bartis, president

Some of the highest-paid men and women in Britain - the stars of Margaret Thatcher's economic revolu

MAINE'S VOTERS have soundly rejected efforts to close down Maine Yankee, the state's only nuclear ge

In September, the United States turned a blind eye when, for the third straight year, the Soviet Uni

THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL continues to languish in the massive House-Senate conference. House S

Most everyone knowledgeable about trade, including those who write our editorials on this page, is c

Recapturing America's fair share of international trade involves more than duties, tariffs and debat

SEVERAL OF AMERICA'S EUROPEAN allies are demanding that the United States close its bases in their c

MOST PEOPLE IN BUSINESS claim to like an economic system that relies on competition. But when it com

Events of the last several weeks have demonstrated once again that, at least so far as financial new

WHILE YUPPIES ARE OUT spending on pasta machines they never use, their representatives in Congress a

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT Congress was ready to deal with serious matters like railroad regulation and se

Ethiopian Food Aid Not in JeopardyThe article "Rate Hikes Threaten Famine Aid" (Oct. 20) inc

Does Arthur Laffer's famous cocktail napkin lie tattered on the floor in the wake of the market cras

The similarity between the stock market crash of 1987 and that of 1929 has caused some economists an

Cutting a swath across the Pacific, the six members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ar

YESTERDAY'S CONSERVATIVE IDEAS are becoming the pet projects of today's liberals. Or at least, so it

I was on a dangerous mission last weekend, the kind on which you just might cross yourself as you si

It's a situation only the federal government could get itself into. On the one hand, the Uni

World financial markets have been at their manic-depressive best lately. Prices of practically every

There were no trumpets sounding and no thundering of drums as representatives of the Association of

THE 1980s HAVE BROUGHT the world's trade negotiators face to face with issues of unprecedented compl

WASHINGTON'S BUDGET WRITERS are getting more creative by the day, coming up with gimmicks to make th

Brussels is suffering from another bout of political schizophrenia. As the capital of the Eu

To help spur economic growth, President Reagan, Congress, the International Monetary Fund and the Wo

CONFLICTS IN NATIONAL LAWS are a constant problem for companies operating in international trade. A

US Shipping Study A Rehash of TheoryThe latest U.S. Merchant Marine Study has produced a rer

A NEW DEPRESSION is highly unlikely, but economist Herbert Stein warns it could happen if we don't

THE TROUBLED SOUTHEAST ASIAN nation of Malaysia needs all the help it can get in Washington. But at

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE may never win a popularity contest among customhouse brokers, but even brok

The 100th Congress, we were told, was to be dedicated to countering unfair practices by our trading

In the 1960s, Time Magazine ran the headline Is God Dead? screaming across its cover. God st

THE FIASCO IN the financial markets this month has generated precious little in the way of optimism.

Facing a nearly $170 billion trade deficit, the United States is searching for ways to get out from

Hormone Safety Issue Has Been AddressedYour editorial, "Hot Words on Hormones," which appear

It's hard to believe, but Elmhurst, Queens, where I grew up, once was a place of large, stately tree

AS THE WAR on international shipping in the Persian Gulf continues, the United States has taken two