Trump's tariffs are used as negotiation tools with uncertain long-term effects on inflation and the US dollar's strength.

Since retaking office, Donald Trump has been wielding his favoured weapon of disruption – tariffs. Whether they are imposed ...

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 ...

India could be among the economies that will take a hit due to US President Donald Trump's latest reciprocal tariffs, even as the two countries begin negotiations to address trade deficit issues.The ...

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

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

Part of that strategy is Trump's belief that tariffs will help reduce trade deficits. After his initial announcement of 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, Trump said the countries "have to balance ...

The prevailing dislike for imports among America’s political class has an old and bipartisan pedigree. At least since the ...

Much of this is in the pursuit of a single goal: Shrinking the U.S. trade deficit. A mercantilist, Mr. Trump sees international commerce as a zero-sum game. If a country imports more than it ...

Trump has always been concerned about a lack of reciprocity with US trade partners, believing that is why the US has been ...