The deficit decrease is largely a response to last year, when trade and the deficit swelled in anticipation of President Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariffs.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in September, touching the lowest level in more than five years, as exports accelerated and imports rose marginally, suggesting that trade ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services shrank to $29.4 billion in October, down from $48.1 billion the prior month as the Trump administration’s tariffs reshaped global trade, data ...

The goods trade deficit narrowed 17.5% to $85.6 billion. When adjusted for inflation, the goods trade gap contracted 16.9% to $83.7 billion. Trump’s protectionist trade policy and the manner in which ...

The United States is on track for a travel trade deficit of $70 billion, the US Travel Association said.Kevin Carter/Getty Images A stated goal of President Donald Trump's ambitious tariff policy was ...

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in October to the smallest since 2009 on a sharp pullback in imports, notably pharmaceuticals. The goods and services trade gap shrank 39% from the prior ...

Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...

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 ...

President Trump is adhering to economic theory with regard to his tariff policies and trade deficits; with time it will pay off. He understands that America’s perennial trade deficits predispose to ...