The U.S. agricultural trade deficit hit a record $28.6 billion the first half of 2025, according to data released from USDA. It’s due to weak production growth, increased demand for imported food and ...
As was the case in the Trump 1.0 administration, a key policy objective of the Trump 2.0 administration is to reduce the trade deficit and to bring manufacturing jobs back home. However, as was the ...
Many of the president’s tariffs rest on the legal claim that the gap between what America imports and exports is a national emergency, an idea that remains contentious. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson ...
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 ...