Economic growth depends on deregulation, tax cuts and the budget deficit, not on the balance of trade.

In a note that accompanies the charts below, Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid notes that U.S. corporate profits and asset prices are near all-time highs, while the budget and trade deficits are ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is taking a blowtorch to the rules that have governed world trade for decades. The ...

United States' trade deficit—total goods and services imports minus exports—jumped 25 percent last month, according to the ...

President Donald Trump's trade agenda has focused on deploying tariffs to address the trade deficit with other countries, ...

Britain entered a rare deficit in its goods trade with the United States at the end of last year, according to data published ...

With Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, expected at the White House this week, CNN takes a look at the trade relationship between the two countries.

With Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, expected at the White House this week, CNN takes a look at the trade ...

Discover why gold and the dollar can rise together, fueled by US fiscal dominance and global economic instability, with a ...

The trade deficit surged in December and the U.S. finished 2024 with the second largest gap ever, as some businesses sought to bring in more imports before President Trump raised tariffs.

President Donald Trump has set many specific and general goals for his administration's management of the economy, like raising growth to 3 percent and eliminating the country’s trade deficit. The ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with economist Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute about trade deficits and the role they play in international trade.