2025 was supposed to be the turning point. After nearly a trillion dollars in annual trade deficits, America was ready to ...

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.

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 ...

The Trump administration's aggressive tariff strategy has collided with a sharp swing in the trade numbers, leaving the United States with its smallest trade gap in five years and a very different ...

With President Trump back in the White House, tariffs and trade deficits are once again front-page news. His second-term economic agenda seems to hinge on reducing America’s trade ...

As was the case in the Trump 1.0 administration, a key policy objective of the Trump 2.0 administration is to reduce the trade deficit and to bring manufacturing jobs back home. However, as was ...

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?

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 ...

Politicians claim that trade deficits are due to the lack of trade barriers. However, as Ludwig von Mises explained, one cannot separate trade and sound money, ...