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 ...

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

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

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

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

India recorded a trade deficit of $99.2 billion with China in the 2024/25 fiscal year that ended in March, trade data showed, ...

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 ...