The U.S. trade deficit fell more than 25% to $54.5 billion in January as exports surged and imports declined, offering an early economic boost for President Trump. However, legal challenges to import ...

The fall October’s deficit relative to September’s is entirely due to swings in pharmaceutical imports and gold imports (and exports). Ironically, neither category has been subject to tariffs. Fear of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference on tariffs on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 at the White House in ...

Talk about bad timing. On Wednesday, President Trump boasted on social media that the U.S. trade deficit had been reduced by 78 percent thanks to his comprehensive tariff regime, a claim apparently ...

High tariffs were supposed to slash chronically large U.S. trade deficits. Turns out they really didn’t. The nation’s trade deficit fell in 2025 by a meager 0.2% to $901.5 billion, but only due to a ...

2025 was supposed to be the turning point. After nearly a trillion dollars in annual trade deficits, America was ready to change course. In his second term, Donald Trump put tariffs at the center of ...

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 ...

The Trump administration’s recently released 2026 Trade Policy Agenda declares that “America is back.” It argues that tariffs, “reciprocal” trade deals and sector-specific interventions are rebuilding ...

Through President Donald Trump’s first full 10 months in office, the cumulative U.S. trade deficit in goods and services was down 3.9% from the same period in 2024. His claim that he has “slashed our ...

India’s exports slipped in February even before the effect of the war in Iran started to kick in. Why is this so? And what lies ahead, given that there is uncertainty around trade with the U.S. too?

THE country’s Balance of Payments (BOP) deficit in 2025 could be pinned on “softer” financial account inflows amid tighter financial conditions, continued current account shortfall, among others, ...

The Trump administration’s recently released 2026 Trade Policy Agenda declares that “America is back.” It argues that tariffs, “reciprocal” trade deals and sector-specific interventions are rebuilding ...