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 ...

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 ...

Talk about bad timing. On Wednesday, President Trump boasted on social media that the U.S. trade deficit had been reduced by 78 percent thanks to his comprehensive tariff regime, a claim apparently ...

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 trade deficit has narrowed to its smallest since mid-2020, down more than 35% over last year — and more proof that President Donald J. Trump’s America First trade agenda is working. President ...

The U.S. trade deficit with the world will set a record in 2025, which will be the fourth record in Trump’s five years in office, according to my analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. It will surpass ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff policy, aimed at rewriting the rules of global commerce, has so far failed to curb U.S. imports or slash the trade deficit as promised, data released Thursday ...

One possible outcome of the Trump-Kim summit could be changes to the looming trade war with China. President Trump has long railed against our... What Is A Trade Deficit? And Why Does It Matter? One ...

The Trump administration’s recently released 2026 Trade Policy Agenda declares that “America is back.” It argues that tariffs, “reciprocal” trade deals and sector-specific interventions are rebuilding ...

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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 ...