The fall October’s deficit relative to September’s is entirely due to swings in pharmaceutical imports and gold imports (and exports). Ironically, neither category has been subject to tariffs. Fear of ...
Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...
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Recently released data covering the whole of 2025 contain good news. The trend for the trade deficit over the course of the year and one measure of foreign investment into the US both offer numbers ...
The largest monthly U.S. trade deficit is now with Taiwan, the third country in the last four months to have the dubious distinction that was once the sole province of that poster child of trade ...
President Donald Trump posted a humiliating economic statistic Tuesday that revealed his kindergarten-level understanding of economics. A widening trade deficit is not a good sign for Trump’s economy, ...
U.S. posts its third-largest trade deficit ever. China is a big loser, while Vietnam and Taiwan are winners. High tariffs haven't had much effect on chronic U.S. trade deficits. High tariffs were ...
As he announced a broad set of new tariffs targeting imports from around the world, President Donald Trump declared his intention to reduce America's trade deficit. "Chronic trade deficits are no ...
Through President Donald Trump’s first full 10 months in office, the cumulative U.S. trade deficit in goods and services was down 3.9% from the same period in 2024. His claim that he has “slashed our ...
The monthly trade deficit and imports rebounded in November after shrinking significantly in prior months, new data show. Note: Data shows goods and services. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis. The ...
Trade deficit used to be a number that received a ton of attention in the 1980s and 1990s because it was determined to be a strong gauge of the strength and weakness in the US economy. The February ...
Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...