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Sen. Rand Paul: "Economic Fallacy That Trade Deficits Actually Mean Anything, It's Artifical Accounting"
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul says President Trump's concern with trade deficits is an "economic fallacy" that doesn't ...
1Howard Lutnick Calls $1.2 Trillion Trade Deficit A 'National Emergency,
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick doubled down on the Trump administration's tariff strategy following recent federal court ...
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The U.S. trade deficit: It’s time to dump do-it-yourself economics and go back to basics
Indeed, by definition, a country’s trade balance ... it will register a trade deficit. The United States’ negative trade balance, which the country has registered every year starting in ...
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The U.S. Trade Deficit Surged in January
That yielded a total deficit—of both goods and services—of $131.4 billion. That was 34% greater than the $98.1 bill The U.S. trade deficit surged in January, as import growth dwarfed a smaller ...
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The U.S. Trade Deficit: How Much Does It Matter?
A trade deficit occurs when a nation imports more ... That additional spending has to, by definition, go towards foreign goods and services. Financing that spending happens in the form of either ...
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Trump's Longtime Obsession With Trade Deficits Suggests His Tariffs Won't End Soon
Watch our trade deficit dwindle." If he were president ... apply to everyone….Unfair trade is not free trade." But Trump's definition of fairness always came back to trade balances.
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An economist explains what trade deficits really mean
The persistent U.S. trade deficits mean that, by definition, Americans are purchasing more goods and services from abroad because they prefer the quality and cost combinations offered by these ...
Marketplace29d
Imports surged in March ahead of the tariffs, but what happens next?
The U.S. will import less and our exports will likely also suffer because of retaliatory tariffs from other countries. The trade deficit surged 14% to a new record high in March. The U.S ...