Commentary

What other steps can the United States take that will reduce both the trade deficit and federal budg

THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT in the international financial community these days about using debt/eq

One casualty of the Iran-Contra arms controversy may well be Reagan-inspired initiatives in the Cari

Unexpected news from the Nazi-Soviet battle front 45 years ago stunned the Western world. Hitler's t

Trade Legislation Held Needed in 1987Senate Democratic leaders have asserted that trade legi

The Chief of Naval Operations of the Department of the Navy recently released the results of a stud

IT'S AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE, affecting the lives of thousands of families, and it's sure to emerge again

WALL STREET HAS ALWAYS been fair game for cartoonists and Congress. The Ivan Boesky insider trading

How do we solve the trade deficit? The best, fairest suggestion I've heard of is for the Uni

Your editorial, "Costly Customs Mandate," (JofC, Oct. 28) used the proper adjective, "relentless," t

It is becoming increasingly clear that the rise in the U.S. trade deficit over the past five years p

INCLUDED IN THE NEW "master contracts" between North Atlantic shipping associations and the Internat

WHAT'S A HUNG JURY? Or a lame duck president? Or a political landslide? Why does someone say "Sorry,

It is almost two years since deadly methyl isocynate gas escaped from the Union Carbide plant in Bho

The laissez faire days on Wall Street are probably over. A great many of us in the Congress

The LDC debt crisis is usually supposed to involve loans from private banks, especially in the Unite

WHAT SOME ARE CALLING a leadership crisis in the Reagan administration is taking place amid signs th

To achieve his goal of integrating the Soviet Union into the global economy, General Secretary Mikha

Only occasionally is the European Community referred to as the Common Market any more. Almost 30 yea

NORTHERN IRELAND. The very words conjure images of violence. But the despair in the six coun

THE NATION'S 88 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS will spend an average $325 on Christmas gifts this year, accordin

The recent withdrawal of the Soviet Union from the U.S. wheat market sent two messages to trade offi

Tax Reform Corrections on Hold WHAT WAS ONCE EXPECTED to be an early bill in the next Congre

SENATOR BILL BRADLEY, New Jersey Democrat, and Rep. Jack Kemp, New York Republican, two of the more

The telephone call was from a metropolitan desk reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle. He was in

Anything is possible and credible in a country as bizarre and secretive as North Korea. Last

Because of Portugal's unique geographic position, hinged onto the extreme western protrusion of Euro

Uncertainty again hangs over Argentina's human rights issue after this week's verdict on General Ram

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT and the FBI say they are broadening their efforts against corrupt leadership

AN ARAB NEWSPAPER, Al-Bayan, in the United Arab Emirate of Dubai, lamented the disastrous conditions

With a sweeping tax reform in place in the United States, the pressure has increased sharply for Can

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION next week will receive for reconsideration a major railroad merge

Success often breeds its own problems. That has certainly been the case for Taiwan in international

WE HAVE NO INTENTION of prejudging the case against the investment banking house of Drexel Burnham L

Equity investment, economists say, is basic to the economic recovery of much of the developing world

THE NEW CONGRESS WILL HEAR much about budgets when it comes to town in January. From the administrat

This week, as autumn turned to winter, a distinct chill seemed to enter Japan's employment picture.<

The economic legacy of the Reagan administration is sure to include a long list of grotesque distort

WE WERE A BIT long-winded the other day and overshot our appointed space for an editorial headed "Ja

I read with interest the article by David R. Francis, "Advances in Soviet Agriculture, (JofC, Oct. 1