President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of increasing tariffs applied to U.S. imports and, for better or worse, has sought to deliver on those promises. His efforts have been partially ...

April 9, 2025 • At the heart of President Trump's tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other countries than they are buying from us. Basically, he wants to get rid of the trade ...

The Trump administration's aggressive tariff strategy has collided with a sharp swing in the trade numbers, leaving the United States with its smallest trade gap in five years and a very different ...

The U.S. trade deficit with the world will set a record in 2025, which will be the fourth record in Trump’s five years in office, according to my analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. It will surpass ...

When President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he faced the same formidable adversary that defined much of his first term: China. This time the stakes were even higher. The trade ...

Many of the president’s tariffs rest on the legal claim that the gap between what America imports and exports is a national emergency, an idea that remains contentious. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson ...

The monthly trade deficit fell to its lowest level in five years after the president’s imposition of sweeping global tariffs. But it’s unclear whether the trend will persist. Note: Data shows goods ...

President Trump is adhering to economic theory with regard to his tariff policies and trade deficits; with time it will pay off. He understands that America’s perennial trade deficits predispose to ...

The widely anticipated effects of President Donald Trump's tariff program are starting to emerge in the macroeconomic data. The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report on import prices shows costs ...

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