The Trade Deficit Isn’t Such a Terrible Thing
Plus: Americans aren’t taken advantage of by buying foreign cars.
A Trade War Will Reduce American Exports Too
A trade war means all those people lose—the Canadians and the Americans. Orange juice is one of the products Canada has ...
The U.S. trade deficit remains near a record high — and will be a drag on economic growth
The deficit in February remained much larger than the $135.5 billion trade gap forecast by Wall Street economists polled by ...
Tariff Ticker: Dems Move to Spare Canada, Experts Pitch Balanced Trade Over Reciprocal Duties
President Donald Trump’s long-awaited reciprocal tariffs announcement is imminent, and Democratic lawmakers are making a last ...
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Use tariffs to shrink the trade deficit? Watch out for unintended consequences.
Economists say that if if foreigners buy fewer American goods, then the US federal government needs to spend less, but that's ...
US goods trade deficit narrows in February
The U.S. trade deficit in goods narrowed in February amid a rise in exports, which could temper economists' expectations for ...
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The upside of the trade deficit: More foreign investment in the U.S.
President Donald Trump has demonized the trade deficit. And he’s argued that tariffs can help boost American exports and ...
Tariffs Will Destroy the Best Cure for the Trade Deficit
US exports not only reduce deficits, they also bring higher-paying jobs and greater innovation. A tariff-driven trade war ...
What's in Trump's April 1 trade reports ahead of US reciprocal tariffs
Trump's hotly anticipated reciprocal tariffs will be based in part on consolidated reports due on Tuesday from his trade, ...
Trump's reciprocal tariffs will overturn decades of trade policy
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is taking a blowtorch to the rules that have governed world trade for decades. The ...
Fact check: Trump exaggerates trade deficits, his 2024 vote total, Ukraine aid, border crossings and fentanyl deaths
President Donald Trump made at least nine false claims in his Friday remarks to reporters in the Oval Office – including a ...
US Merchandise Trade Deficit Narrows Slightly on Higher Exports
The US merchandise-trade deficit narrowed in February for the first time in four months on stronger exports, though high ...