Commentary

ONE CALL FOR THE WHOLE HAUL. That's how Hays T. Watkins, chairman and chief executive officer of CSX

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III and Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker have for some time b

AT THE HEART OF THE GLOBAL trend toward protectionism is the issue of jobs. For a politician, a prot

OH, THOSE SLY FELLOWS, your congressman and mine. It was bad enough when they failed to knock down t

It's no contest when the colossal comes up against the merely sensible on the political playing fiel

As part of its ongoing but thus far relatively ineffectual efforts to defend its sovereignty in the

In a sense, the cargo preference laws have never been stronger. The decisions of the U.S. District

When the Iran arms-contra aid scandal first began making headlines in November, many experienced Was

Why doesn't the United States export more? The answer is complicated but can be summarized along the

The global grain situation is beginning to rebound, as evidenced by increased import demand by China

THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY CAN WORK in a deregulated environment or a totally regulated one, but not in so

ONE CAN ONLY APPLAUD the cooperative effort by the Maryland Port Administration and the Internationa

The major reshuffle of the Greek government is seen in Athens as confirmation that Prime Minister An

Arms Control Needed For Free Farm TradeThe special report "Crisis in Farm Trade," (JofC, Jan

WE MUST DEMAND MORE OF OURSELVES and our children, President Reagan told the nation in his State of

Preference cargo is today vitally important to the U.S. Merchant Marine. In 1985, Military Sealift C

DON'T SAY U.S. FARMERS aren't ingenious. Faced with the Reagan administration's determination to hol

Years ago, I read a book that outlined a highly successful method of forecasting the stock market.

A LEADING MARITIME FIGURE the other day addressed the issue of the change occuring in the shipping

Can a nation call itself a superpower if it does not have a merchant marine? The United States seems

Britain's shipowners and port operators can be excused for feeling slightly paranoid after being eng

ECONOMISTS' FORECASTS have gotten systematically worse over the years, right? Not at all, says Vict

The annals of self-injurious fanaticism have now been enriched by an expert account of the Pentagon'

BATTLES LINES are being drawn once again over taxing imported oil to raise income and help lift a de

There is little doubt that the U.S. trade deficit is now the country's preeminent economic concern.<

Half the walls in Thomas B. Crowley's spacious office on the 48th floor of 101 California St. are co

What is this recent reform jazz all about? Can the Soviet Union catch up with the United States?

THE MILLION-MEMBER ARMY of newspaper carriers is changing, the American Newspaper Publishers Associa

DON'T DO AS I DO, do as I say. The United States often has lectured its European trading partners an

Spurred by the need to generate revenue on the federal level to fund budget deficits, worker adjustm

The Reagan administration, now that the 1986 congressional elections are history, has decided to mak

WHEN IS A TAX INCREASE not a tax increase? When, as everyone knows, it is a revenue enhancement. Tim

Events over the past few months have prompted many Western journalists and businessmen to take a de

ALONGSIDE MOST TRANSPORTATION DISPUTES, the battle on the San Francisco waterfront is a horse of a d

AMERICAN LABOR UNIONS haven't been having an easy time. Membership is declining. In industry after i

NINE YEARS AGO, U.S. energy service companies sold $35 million in oil and gas equipment to the Sovie

Much is being said about the levels of public and private debt. Some of the talk is in technical lan

After years of hydrocarbon-fueled growth, during which this Central African state of 10 million inha

Germany and Japan have failed to pursue more expansionary economic policies for two reasons.

When word first leaked out that Kakuei Tanaka, 68, had refused to see ruling party Secretary Genera