A trade deficit occurs when a country buys more goods from other nations than it sells to them. Thus the total value of imports is greater than that of exports. A trade deficit can be assessed through ...

The May increase is potentially troubling to a President Trump who, like many of his predecessors, does not like trade ...

U.S. posts its third-largest trade deficit ever. China is a big loser, while Vietnam and Taiwan are winners. High tariffs haven't had much effect on chronic U.S. trade deficits. High tariffs were ...

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 ...

Quick ReadThe May trade deficit surged to $78 billion, the second-worst figure since 1992, as exports fell 3% and imports ...

President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff policy, aimed at rewriting the rules of global commerce, has so far failed to curb U.S. imports or slash the trade deficit as promised, data released Thursday ...

The US trade deficit dropped by over 25% in January, falling to $54.5 billion to start 2026 but following increases in the previous two months. The closely watched figure fell markedly from $72.9 ...

One year after the Trump Administration coined the term the "dirty 15,” the results are in: The cumulative 2025 trade deficit for the 15 trade partners with which the United States had its largest ...

Recently released data covering the whole of 2025 contain good news. The trend for the trade deficit over the course of the year and one measure of foreign investment into the US both offer numbers ...

India’s trade deficit may stay high as electronics, chemicals and oil offset lower gold imports. Read what could shape FY27.

Japan’s trade deficit unexpectedly widened in June as the weak yen inflated the value of imports and the war in Iran made oil more expensive.