The U.S. international trade in goods surged to a record deficit in March, as businesses and consumers rushed to lock down ...

In my oral radio commentary for Friday, April 18, I decided NOT to make any comments on the craziness of Trump’s on again off again tariff war with the rest of the world. When he introduced what ...

Navarro has referred to the trade deficit as “a brake and bridle on both GDP growth and real wages in the American economy while encumbering the U.S. with significant foreign debt.” ...

It is clear that the United States is running a trade deficit vis-à-vis the rest of the world. It currently sits at about $900 billion, or about 3% of GDP. This means that we are consuming more ...

If the Daiwa Institute of Research (DIR) is correct, Trump’s trade war will reduce Japan’s real GDP this year ... America’s trade deficit—now at 4.5% of GDP—to zero.

Last week, the U.S. Trade Representative ... $30 trillion GDP. In 2024, imports of goods totaled about $3.3 trillion, and exports about $2.1 trillion, creating a $1.2 trillion deficit, somewhat ...

Is the trade deficit a useful measurement in the twenty-first century? How has our per capita GDP continued to generally ... winning in global trade, but the real measure is the total volume ...