President Donald Trump made at least nine false claims in his Friday remarks to reporters in the Oval Office – including a ...

While persistent trade deficits are worrisome for many countries, that isn’t the case for the U.S.—and that’s a good thing.

Recent data highlights a historic spike in the U.S. trade deficit, fueling economic uncertainty and concerns about the ...

Tariffs are Trump's weapon of choice in on-again, off-again trade wars with Colombia, Canada, Mexico, China, importers of ...

Why tariffs are driving the U.S. stock market down.

Trump wants to reduce the $1.2 trillion trade deficit, so he’s putting tariffs on popular imported goods from smartphones to ...

President Donald Trump's implementations and threats of tariffs have created stock market instability, driving talk of a ...

Whether we’re talking about purchases by consumers or businesses – domestic or international -- every market transaction ...

Somewhat counterintuitively, we think they’re unlikely to help in reducing the trade deficit, an oft-stated goal of Trump’s.

India’s trade deficit fell to $14.05 billion in February from $22.9 billion in January, as imports declined sharply. While ...

A rebound in U.S. consumer imports fueled global trade, while Chinese import growth diverged from China's export growth.  Importers imported more, exporters exported more and imbalances expanded.

Among the most common economic justifications for tariffs today is that they’re needed to shrink a U.S. trade deficit that has long cost us jobs and dragged down economic growth. On both the ...