The United States’ trade deficit in goods with China was $295 billion in 2024, less than one-third of Trump’s $1 trillion ...

President Donald Trump is a vocal opponent of the U.S. trade deficit and he believes tariffs are the method to reducing it; ...

The Trump admin and critics alike seem unaware of a key mechanism that governs the magnitude of a trade balance.

Increasing tariffs may be an attempt to 'solve' the problem of persistent trade deficits. Are they even a problem that needs ...

America’s trade deficits are not a result of cheating. They are the mirror image of our large capital surpluses, which in ...

The faster the U.S. economy grows, the more imports Americans tend to buy and the wider trade deficits tend to get.

"There will be a trade deal 100%," Trump said ahead of a luncheon at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia ...

Behind Trump’s new tariffs is a goal that is as ambitious as it is unrealistic: eliminating the bilateral trade deficit with every U.S. trading partner.

The best way to keep America great is to ensure it remains the world’s most important economy.

The problem, he says, is that the US has trade deficits with other countries. He believes that, if we buy more from a country than they buy from us, the other country is “beating” us.

The U.S. has a $158 billion auto trade deficit, importing about $217 billion and exporting about $59 billion in vehicles in 2024. Tariffs could raise costs for automakers that are heavily reliant ...

India's merchandise trade deficit in March at $21.54 billion was wider than expected due to a sharp rise in oil and gold ...