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 ...

The Agriculture Department is projecting that the ag trade deficit will shrink in FY2026 even more than previously anticipated. USDA expects the trade deficit to fall from $43.7 billion in FY2025 to ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in December amid a surge in imports, and the goods shortfall in 2025 was the highest on record despite President Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign manufactured ...

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 U.S. trade deficit increased in February, continuing a bumpy stretch for international flows of goods amid fast-changing U.S. policy. February imports were $372.1 billion, up 4.3% from January.

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