Commentary

Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have overwhelmingly passed omnibus trade legislatio

LOCKHEED CLOSES its Portland shipyard and puts its Seattle yard up for sale. Northwest Marin

Item Mislead Readers On Insurance StudyThis letter seeks to clarify a column item that appea

DESPITE ITS RAPID ASCENT to prominence among the world's strongest industrial economies, Japan has b

One of the best-kept secrets about the sweeping new trade legislation that awaits action in congress

CLAYTON YEUTTER, the U.S. trade representative, plans an October visit to China, partly to try to co

My barber told me the story as he trimmed my hair one Saturday morning. It concerned his mother and

THE PRICE-ANDERSON ACT is an uncomfortable piece of legislation. By limiting the liability of elect

THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILLS that have cleared both houses of Congress seem plenty protectionist to us. B

There's a San Francisco restaurant called Basta Pasta. It means, more or less literally, sto

To help reduce youth unemployment, particularly in the black ghettos, people close to the Reagan adm

Patent Protection Important to IndiaI am writing in reference to your recent article, "India

THE IRAN-CONTRA HEARINGS have inspired all sorts of business opportunities for ever-enterprising Ame

BLEARY-EYED TRUCKERS who push themselves and their rigs beyond the breaking point are the latest foc

MANY AMERICANS FELT their government was reckless when it agreed last month to defend Kuwaiti tanker

Don't be surprised if Argentina's latest stab at deregulating its oil industry doesn't work out. The

Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., supported by legislators in both houses of Congress, has unveiled a b

In their concern about the alarming trade deficit, those who have been passionately debating the all

Superconductors, the newly discovered materials that conduct electricity with only a small loss of e

Twenty-five years ago, most Americans would not have wondered whether the number of their fellow cou

Insider trading may be an uncomfortable subject on Wall Street these days. But that is certainly not

The rapid spread of that modern-day plague, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is causing well-fou

House and Senate conferees soon will meet to work out details of final trade legislation. There will

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COMMERCE SECRETARY MALCOLM BALDRIGE, who was killed Saturday while practicing his passion of calf-ro

The phony trade war between the United States and the European Community is coming to an end with bo

Shippers Holding Out For Hamburg RulesYour editorial "New Rules at Sea" (July 15), suggestin

Journal of Commerce publisher Don Becker recently pointed out (July 8) the potential threat to the a

THE CONTINUED UNREST in the Republic of Panama confronts the United States with a difficult challeng

It's difficult to interview Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III. But not for the usual reasons.

THE JAPANESE may be opening their market to U.S. semiconductor suppliers, according to the latest bo

A recent book on listening says that while we may spend most of the day doing it, we'll hear only ha

THE CURRENT ECONOMIC EXPANSION continues to surprise both the pros and the armchair economists with

ALAN GREENSPAN, President Reagan's nominee to chair the Federal Reserve Board finally got his confir

Without coordinated international action to reform prevailing fiscal, monetary, credit and commercia

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DANIEL OLIVER, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, rarely passes up the chance to preach h

We have a rule at The Journal of Commerce, one pretty much ignored elsewhere in newspapering these d

Victims of industrial accidents require prompt, certain, and reasonably generous relief. But while t

CONGRESS IS ITCHING to take another whack at Toshiba Corp. The Senate, angered by the evasion of con