The Trump admin and critics alike seem unaware of a key mechanism that governs the magnitude of a trade balance.

An overall trade deficit occurs when the monetary value of a country’s imports exceeds that of its exports. Trump’s tariffs ...

Behind Trump’s new tariffs is a goal that is as ambitious as it is unrealistic: eliminating the bilateral trade deficit with ...

The federal lawsuit challenges Trump’s legal authority to impose broad, unilateral trade barriers under the guise of a ...

The best way to keep America great is to ensure it remains the world’s most important economy.

President Donald Trump is a vocal opponent of the U.S. trade deficit and he believes tariffs are the method to reducing it; ...

President Trump said the trade deficit between the U.S. and China must be resolved before he is willing to negotiate a deal ...

President Trump and his officials have touted his sweeping tariff actions as tools to not only ensure fairer trade internationally, but also pay down the federal government’s $36 trillion-plus ...

The faster the U.S. economy grows, the more imports Americans tend to buy and the wider trade deficits tend to get.

Deficit is an inherently negative word ... model that guided how the monarchies of western Europe engaged in international trade during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteen centuries.

And yes, the U.S. trade deficit is both large and persistent. Yet, as an economist who has taught international finance at ...

and international transactions. A trade deficit can emerge when a country becomes an ideal destination for foreign investment. The U.S. dollar’s role as the global reserve currency creates a ...