President Donald Trump posted a humiliating economic statistic Tuesday that revealed his kindergarten-level understanding of economics. Trump wrote on Truth Social that the U.S. trade deficit had ...

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 ...

Apart from his 2020 election loss, there are few things that Donald Trump likes to lie about as much as his tariffs. He lies about who pays for them, the trillions of dollars they supposedly generate, ...

One year after the Trump Administration coined the term the "dirty 15,” the results are in: The cumulative 2025 trade deficit for the 15 trade partners with which the United States had its largest ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The data is expected to be part of future economic talks as Dhaka continues engagement with regional partners, including India.

OTTAWA—A retreat in Canadian exports of autos, gold and aircraft to start the year drove the country’s trade deficit with the world to its widest level in five months in January. Canada recorded a ...

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 ...

The U.S.-dominated artificial intelligence (AI) boom expanded South Korea’s goods trade surplus with the U.S. last year, but ...