Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul says President Trump's concern with trade deficits is an "economic fallacy" that doesn't ...

When the Trump administration imposed significant tariffs and thus additional taxes Americans must pay on many imported goods ...

Money the U.S. loses on imports often returns to us through foreign investment, benefiting both sides of the exchange.

CFR Fellow Inu Manak challenges the Trump administration's assertion that “trade deficits mean you lose, and surpluses mean you win.” She says that Trump's narrow focus on trade in goods ...

By Mitch Kokai Few people clamor to return to the American economic conditions of 1975. Still reeling politically from the Watergate scandal, the country also faced an unemployment rate that ...

Although politicians, pundits, and the media claim that a trade deficit is harmful to a country, the reality is much ...

The U.S. trade deficit soared to a monthly record of $140.5 billion in March, signaling a rush for imports from businesses ...

Higher interest rates mean a stronger dollar, which makes it more expensive for people in other countries to buy our products, cheaper for us to buy theirs, and thus the trade deficit widens.

“If the stated goal by the Trump administration is to truly reduce or eliminate trade deficits … that would likely mean a big loss of demand from foreign buyers,” Lawrence Gillum, chief ...