Commentary

Last week I detailed the doings of China Shipping Group, that Shanghai-based organization with an ap

Does Asia matter?Eurocentrists ready to write off any promising growth future for Asia point

The new round of global trade negotiations expected to be launched late next month will provide a un

The battle between carriers and shippers over costs has generated an unintended side effect that cou

We're just five weeks away from America's largest trade fair ever - the trade ministers' meeting in

In fewer than 10 weeks the United States will honor its Panamanian treaty commitments by terminating

On the surface, it might appear that the Asian financial crisis had little effect on Hyundai Merchan

A campaign to seize control of dredging in the Port of New York & New Jersey reached a crescendo thi

Efforts to launch a new round of World Trade Organization negotiations are gaining momentum. A numbe

The sheer audacity of cental bankers occasionally takes the breath away.Michel Camdessus, ma

The Court of International Trade should be commended for standing up last week, in its ruling in the

When railroad people want to point out that there isn't much difference between one railroad and ano

The scandal over accusations of multibillion-dollar Russian money-laundering is having an impact in

All the international hand-wringing about the military coup in Pakistan has an air of hypocrisy abou

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have a crucial position in the Chinese economy. They are the key driv

EVA - economic value added - is rapidly becoming the preferred measure of how well a company is perf

The steamship industry is notorious for maintaining the status quo. Some people believe the industry

Normally, I'm pretty happy when I hear that yet another Web site is planning to become free, and ins

As promised, here are a few more cyberworld tidbits that intrigued me at the Internet:Press event ea

If nothing else, world trade will get high visibility in the United States as the Nov. 30-Dec. 3 tra

Considering the quantity of paper and ink and the volume of cheers that accompanied the implementati

It may not make friends, but it keeps peace in the family: More than a third of the deputies to Braz

Since its infancy, way back in the mid-1990s, the Internet was breathlessly described as an ''inform

Earlier this year, President Clinton placed the full force of the federal government behind Vice Pre

Dishonesty flourishes on the trail of the International Monetary Fund.In recent months there

''Hello, we are Land's End, direct merchants from America!'' begins the chatty advertisement in Germ

First, the good news. The European Union is finally inching toward an agreement to expose its rail-f

I read Paul Richardson's superb article of Oct. 4 (''FastShip's fine - if nature keeps its cool,'' o

Old cold warriors never die, they just get more paranoid. A prime example is the request by Sen. Tre

Two things have stood out in recent days in Pakistan.The first was how some of the key point

As early as this week, it is anticipated that the Senate will vote on passage of trade enhancement f

Last month's Congressional hearings on Russian money laundering climaxed a new phase of breast-beati

It's some months ago now since news first broke in these columns that China Shipping Group was makin

Japan is poised to lead foreign investment in the next important phase of China's development, cente

While the genetically modified crops issue has held the attention of the British public like a well-

(Following is an excerpt taken from an editorial published last week and distributed by Scripps Howa

Your Oct. 12 article ''Senate divided on cruise reform'' (Page 15) stated that the McCain bill would

Vietnam wants to give typhoons a clearly Asian identity, Reuters reports.The nation has sugg

There was plenty of dodging and weaving at a congressional hearing last week on air-travel delays. I

Airlines have long tried to reconcile two sometimes contradictory objectives: convincing passengers