The US merchandise-trade deficit widened in May to the biggest in more than a year as exports fell and imports rose.

Import and export figures come as European leaders prepare to meet this week to address growing imbalance ...

A trade deficit occurs when a country buys more goods from other nations than it sells to them. Thus the total value of imports is greater than that of exports. A trade deficit can be assessed through ...

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 ...

The international trade in goods and services deficit came in at $60.3B in March, down from the $60.4B expected and $57.8B recorded in February (revised from $57.3B), according to data released by the ...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced the following international trade, wholesale inventories, and retail inventories advance ...

The U.S. international trade in goods and services deficit increased 32.6% to $70.3B in December vs. $55.50B consensus and $53.00B in November (revised from $56.8B), according to data released by the ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in December amid a surge in imports, and the goods shortfall in 2025 was the highest on record despite President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign ...

As was the case in the Trump 1.0 administration, a key policy objective of the Trump 2.0 administration is to reduce the trade deficit and to bring manufacturing jobs back home. However, as was the ...