Commentary

If the United States is serious about fighting its trade deficit, and it should be, then it must lea

WHEN THE FEDERAL Reserve System's Open Market Committee convenes in Washington this morning, Alan Gr

THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission is deserving of praise for taking a step it has long resisted

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMay 28, 1987Mr. Stevens (for himself, Mr. Wilson,

The first time I saw Cory Aquino after her husband, Ninoy, was shot dead Aug. 21, 1983, at Manila In

This year, we mark the 200th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States. Commemora

CONGRESS IS THREATENING to get involved in another China-Taiwan clash. Next spring, the Asia

I watched a bug the other day floating on a leaf in the middle of a lake. The bug was definitely fri

SHIP SUBSIDIES have been among the great sacred cows of U.S. politics. They are a sacred cow that th

AS ONE NEAR-COLLISION after another makes every flight an adventure, a coalition of special interest

The story of how The Journal of Commerce got started has been told before, but it bears telling agai

True or false: Ronald Reagan is a free trader. Most Americans would probably answer "true."

WITHIN 15 SHORT MINUTES Wednesday night, President Reagan managed to offer the prospect of a serious

Lamb Quota Doesn't Belong in Trade BillOur firm represents the Australian Meat and Livestock

Ontario Premier David Peterson, the urban professional and organization man, is the rising star of C

THE MASSIVE GRANITE federal courthouse on New York's Foley Square, site of countless famous acts of

Malaysia and the United States need not have a special relationship," but they should have a solid o

The Chinese government has applied to resume its status as a contracting party of the General Agreem

THE LAST THING THE shipping industry and the International Longshoremen's Association need is anothe

Judging by the reactions of some congressmen and certain self-appointed arbiters of the "public inte

ATTACKING UNFAIR TRADE is all the fashion these days. But maritime provisions buried in the trade bi

CHINA IS LAUNCHING a cultural revolution of a different sort. Worried about bourgeois attitudes amon

The numbers tell the familiar story. Japanese companies are continuing to sell far more of their pro

When the Senate recently voted by a substantial margin to repeal the windfall profit tax, it struck

Should financial institutions experience the benefits and discomforts of monetary policy, or should

THE HOPEFUL PROMISE of free trade with Canada has evaporated in the hot sun of a Washington summer.

If the world economy is to flourish again, the industrial countries must grow at a faster pace and t

The process started slowly and almost unnoticed. In January 1985, upon retiring from the European Co

The United Auto Workers and the two major producers, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. have be

We can achieve a good agreement on trade with Canada. Congress has been encouraging such agr

THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY seems afflicted by an ostrich complex. That is the only explanation fo

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, where all things American have a special cachet, one less-than-desirable Americ

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Clayton Yeutter's assessment last week that odds are substantially lessthan 50-

WHO OWNS THE AIRWAVES? That, in a nutshell, is the question behind the Federal Communication

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES effectively voted this week not to abandon $10 billion in national asse

Local Phone Rates Not Correct in StoryThe average cost of local telephone service in New Yor

As the United States has become the world's largest debtor nation, some observers have questioned wh

The Journal of Commerce celebrates a birthday, its 160th, Sept. 1. That makes it by far the oldest b

A pension plan time bomb is ticking in our economy that has led to ill- conceived legislation being

Of the various elements of today's economic scene, three are of major importance not only for the tr