Commentary

The talk around coffee machines here has a new focal point. There are still those who want t

More countries and companies are turning to countertrade as a solution to pressing economic problems

EASTERN CANADA'S PORTS, stevedoring firms and ship lines are understandably worried about the plan

I'm walking along, daydreaming about finding a briefcase containing $800,000, when I meet a Coast Gu

THE RAILROAD URGE TO MERGE sometimes takes some strange turns. Last summer, after more than two yea

Exports from Asia entering the United States have been dominated for so long by Japanese industry th

ALTHOUGH THE UNITED STATES has experienced a decline in many forms of heavy manufacturing, the natio

The impact of last week's dismissal of Chinese Communist Party Leader Hu Yaobang on the country's am

THOMAS LABRECQUE, president of Chase Manhattan Bank, America's third largest, made headlines last fa

THE STRONG REACTION to the report in the New York Times last week that the Reagan administration wan

Most state and local taxes have become so unfair that families making over $500,000 a year pay a sma

Guinness is good for you" claimed one of the best known and most successful advertising campaigns of

RALPH NADER ISN'T LIKELY to win friends on Capitol Hill with his latest proposal: Forget the salary

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION likes to talk about relying on market forces. But it isn't adverse to givi

Petroleum Reserve Only Buys Some TimeYou're right to gloat about our foresight in building a

THE SKIES OVER WASHINGTON are full of trial balloons these days. The Reagan administration hasn't ev

Even some of the factors that are supposed to be quite different from the late 1920s and are meant t

The postwar international economic system was designed with three organizations at its heart, an Int

We have been concerned about safety in the commercial fishing industry since our 20-year-old son, Pe

* A U.S. finance minister, with the combined responsibilities of the Treasury secretary, the budget

WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, quite a few years ago, our family didn't buy Sinclair gasoline, Ward's brea

WHEN CONGRESS PASSED the Shipping Act of 1984 it mandated a legislative review five years down the

The parallels between the world now and that of the late 1920s are indeed frightening, and the possi

On acid rain (JofC, Nov. 17) the debate certainly hasn't changed during the past three sessions of C

THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN are taking an important first step toward international regulation of

POLITICS IS THE ART of the possible. Beryl Sprinkel has learned that well. As chairman of the Counc

The lake was on fire. Flame rose into the tropical sky, crackling and snapping, radiating wa

There is an indirect benefit of Western imports that may be far more important to the Soviet economy

Britain increasingly is becoming a nation divided, with the south becoming more prosperous while the

The Red Queen examined the 1986 statistics, showed them to the Duchess, and promptly said, "Revise t

THE AUTO DEALERS reaped a bonanza in December as customers responded in droves to their appeals - pr

Despite the marked fall in the value of the dollar, the U.S. trade balance has not manifested any te

THE PRESIDENT'S STAFF has displayed some sleight of hand in its fiscal 1988 budget proposal for the

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION will try again this year to win Senate approval of a series of bilateral i

From William J. Barnds' office on K Street in Washington, he can just make out the Old Executive Off

Another round of gasps and consternation can be expected when the medical statisticians complete the

THE TRIAL LAWYERS have been fighting against efforts to overhaul the civil justice system, claiming

EACH DAY, AT DOZENS of airports around the country, American Airlines gathers up the tickets handed

THE PERILS AND REWARDS of bigness are nowhere better illustrated today than in the shipping industry

The European Community had hoped that by 1985 its steel industry's problems, by and large, would be