President Donald Trump has made reducing U.S. trade deficits, which have expanded significantly in recent decades, a priority of his administration. He and his advisors argue that renegotiating ...

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President Trump’s broad tariff rollout takes aim at the U.S. trade deficit, which he calls a “national emergency.” Here’s how ...

The U.S. trade deficit — that’s it ... You don’t invest in a company just because it can control costs — anyone can do that. A fruit vendor can. You invest because you see explosive ...

Increasing tariffs may be an attempt to 'solve' the problem of persistent trade deficits. Are they even a problem that needs ...

Are you wondering what trade deficits are and what all the hoopla is about regarding President Donald Trump's trade war? Here are some terms and facts to help you understand. A trade imbalance is ...

The faster the U.S. economy grows, the more imports Americans tend to buy and the wider trade deficits tend to get.

It's basically a formula that even me, very much not a math major, could understand, which is the trade deficit. It was the the formula was um net um net imports divided by total imports ...

CHANG: It is true. For decades, long before he was ever president, Donald Trump has been arguing that trade deficits are bad. And there he was yesterday at the White House, announcing a new set of ...

In February, the overall U.S. trade deficit was $122.7 billion, down $8 billion from January when it was at a record high, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

A trade deficit sounds bad, but it is neither good nor bad. It doesn’t mean the U.S. is losing money. It simply means foreigners are sending the U.S. more goods than the U.S. is sending them.