CNBC’s Rick Santelli appeared stunned Friday when he read the latest trade deficit numbers live during “Squawk Box,” with the ...

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow pushed back Friday against the idea that trade deficits are inherently harmful. During an ...

The U.S.'s trade deficit for goods shrank substantially in April, as new tariffs weighed on imports. Goods imports fell by 20% to $276.1 billion, while exports rose 3.4% to $188.5 billion, the ...

Stokes also sees more at play than just a disagreement over trade deficits. Trump’s threats “are rooted in frustration with ...

The trade in goods deficit grew by $0.1 billion to $0.5 billion in the first quarter. Both exports and imports posted large ...

that America’s trade deficit means we’re “losing.” This idea has become the go-to villain in our national economic narrative — framed as a scoreboard of failure, especially by President ...