Stokes also sees more at play than just a disagreement over trade deficits. Trump’s threats “are rooted in frustration with ...

If the United States is to significantly reduce or, whisper it, eliminate its trade deficit, the dollar will probably have to ...

In a recent article, she noted that this incident reveals a deeper economic misconception among U.S.politicians who view ...

Trade deficits are also counterbalanced by capital account surpluses, meaning foreign countries invest their export earnings (often paid in U.S. dollars) back into the U.S. economy through real estate ...

The result? A tariff-fueled agenda shaped by zero-sum thinking — where one country’s gain must mean another’s loss. But that’s not how trade works. A trade deficit isn’t a scarlet letter ...

NEW YORK — The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record $140.5 billion ... the big rise in imports doesn’t necessarily mean other sectors used March to stockpile in the same way.

The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record $140.5 billion in March as consumers and businesses alike tried to get ahead of President Donald Trump's latest and most sweeping tariffs — with federal data ...

“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 ...

In fact, Trump’s trade and fiscal manoeuvers so far appear ... The US runs a persistent current account deficit—meaning it invests more than it saves. The savings-investment gap can come ...

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 ...

A fundamental cause of a trade deficit is when a country's investment needs exceed its domestic savings, meaning it spends more than it earns. (For details see the appendix to this essay.) ...