President Donald Trump made at least nine false claims in his Friday remarks to reporters in the Oval Office – including a ...

Tariffs are Trump's weapon of choice in on-again, off-again trade wars with Colombia, Canada, Mexico, China, importers of ...

As trade uncertainty grows, global cooperation and balanced policies will be key to preventing economic fragmentation and ...

Why tariffs are driving the U.S. stock market down.

One of the most perilous economic myths influencing global macroeconomic and trade policy today is that governments have to ...

To put the issue in perspective, the last time the US ran a trade surplus (i.e., exports exceeding imports) was 1975; and while we’ve had deficits since then, over the last 15 years or so ...

Of course, there is the problem of inequality in the US, as there is elsewhere ... Economists suggest that the US trade ...

Corn harvest at a farm near Mapleton, North Dakota during the autumn of 2024. Farmers await further news of how the trade war will impact them if tariffs against Canada and Mexico go into effect.

Among the most common economic justifications for tariffs today is that they’re needed to shrink a U.S. trade deficit that has long cost us jobs and dragged down economic growth. On both the ...

The Commerce Department reported a record $918.4 billion U.S. trade deficit in 2024. President Trump believes a trade deficit is harmful to the American economy because it signifies that the U.S ...