This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. The U.S. has lived with a massive trade deficit for decades. But under President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs ...

US trade deficit continued to widen in December after hitting the smallest monthly amount since the 2009 low in October. The total import was USD 70.3 billion higher than the export in the last month ...

Trade deficit used to be a number that received a ton of attention in the 1980s and 1990s because it was determined to be a strong gauge of the strength and weakness in the US economy. The February ...

For the fifth straight year, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit with the world topped $1 trillion, according to Census Bureau data released Thursday, despite President Trump’s best efforts to bring it ...

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 ...

The latest trade report delivers a simple but powerful message: America is selling more to the world, importing more of what it needs to rebuild at home, and steadily shrinking the trade deficit. This ...

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