Trade policy uncertainty still remains high by historical standards.

President Donald Trump's tariff plan has not delivered his desired result as exports declined while imports did not change ...

Canada posted its largest merchandise trade deficit on record in April — at $7.1 billion — as exports fell sharply in the face of U.S. tariffs.

From msn.com The numbers: The U.S. goods deficit narrowed very sharply in April as foreign orders ground to a halt after President Donald Trump announced sweeping, higher tariffs. The trade deficit in ...

Taxing imports with tariffs will not predispose to increased GDP. This misunderstanding of government accounting, however, is not the real issue of concern regarding the U.S. trade deficit.

The United States faced a record-breaking trade deficit in March as imports surged ahead of President Donald Trump's tariff implementation. The U.S. Commerce Department revealed that the deficit ...

Trade deficits are also counterbalanced by capital account surpluses, meaning foreign countries invest their export earnings (often paid in U.S. dollars) back into the U.S. economy through real ...

Last week, the Commerce Department reported that the trade deficit cut a record 4.83 percentage points off of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter, which resulted in the U.S. economy ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. trade deficit widened to a record high in March as businesses boosted imports of goods ahead of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, which dragged gross ...

Whenever we import more goods and services than we export, we have a “trade deficit on goods and services.” That equals negative net exports. Whenever imports climb, GDP shrinks.