Commentary

In an increasingly interdependent global economy, seemingly unrelated events can mesh in unexpected

PACIFIC RIM NATIONS announced ambitious plans last November to forge a free trade agreement in the a

DENVER'S AIRPORT AND VISIONARY LEADERSHIPI want to correct misconceptions readers ma

The debate within the rail industry over what to do with railroad regulations in the post-Interstate

INSURANCE COMPANIES have an unsentimental response to the problem of domestic violence. Many insurer

Unless Congress steadfastly resists clamoring interest groups and sharply cuts federal spending, Ame

AFTER NEARLY THREE MONTHS of turmoil, no one should feel confident predicting Mexico's economic futu

Some of the red-hot new Republican members of Congress are stumbling onto an uncomfortable fact: The

House Republicans soon may sink to a new low - roughly knee level. In order to revive the pr

Mexico's devastating financial crisis seems to have no end in sight. The Zedillo administration's fa

THE DOLLAR'S STUNNING FALL slowed a bit on Wednesday, but not nearly enough to hide the long-term tr

"Don't worry, be happy." That's what the usual suspects are once again advising Americans in light o

EUROPEAN AVIATION is at war with itself. Washington's offer to negotiate ''open skies" deals with th

The 1980s - a daffy, dizzying, daunting decade, replete with mind-boggling phenomena, shocking surpr

WHILE GOVERNMENTS DITHER about ways to promote and expand the global ''information superhighway," pr

The U.S. Embassy sits majestically under shady oaks overlooking a corner of the Place de la Concorde

As they left the floor of the House of Representatives last June, members were accosted by an ex-con

Ted Turner should shift his camera crews from Los Angeles to Mexico City. Obedient to viewers' taste

Investors should brace themselves for new, more serious problems in Mexico. The nearly $50 billion a

FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS, manufacturers and insurance companies have pushed Congress to reform the nati

MEXICO'S ECONOMIC troubles have taken a back seat in the national press to a surreal political drama

THE CASE FOR KEEPING THE FMCI am an employee of the Federal Maritime Commission. As

THE FRENCH CRUSADE to protect the language of Racine and Moliere from Anglo- Saxon incursion has cla

The Republican takeover of Congress raised hopes that meaningful telecommunications reform would pas

The dust is beginning to settle from the recent Franco-American spy caper, and it is becoming easier

COME ON GUYS, GET A LIFE I don't know about your other readers, but I was amazed by both the

EUROPE'S RECESSION IS OFFICIALLY OVER, but its unemployment problem lingers on. Last week, E

Canada recently made one of the strangest requests U.S. trade officials can ever remember. C

Congress has tried and failed twice in recent years to rewrite the Export Administration Act, the la

THIS JUST IN from the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace: a color brochure advertising an impressi

Since its inception, Medicare has been valuable and popular, and has served the medical needs of the

AMERICANS TALK about balancing the budget; Canadians are actually trying to do it. Canada's new budg

Just before 7 o'clock on a recent morning in February, passengers paying topdollar to ride A

MICKEY KANTOR, America's trade representative, will go to Beijing soon to sign the landmark anti-pir

There is plenty about the balanced budget requirement that is objectionable, but the most irksome fe

TRAVEL AGENTS FIGHT BACKYou are right when you say that by filing lawsuits and complaining t

Everybody hates government. If we didn't know that before, we know it now, thanks to the recent elec

WASHINGTON'S BITTER FIGHT over the balanced budget amendment has obscured an important fact: Never h

Now that Washington's financial aid package for Mexico finally has been completed, what is ahead for

RARELY HAS ANYONE fallen from grace faster than Carlos Salinas. Mexico's former president was still