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

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

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

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

That "started the path to (agricultural) deficits," said William Alan Reinsch, an international trade expert at Center for ...

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

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

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

Two, by reducing investment in international assets ... This is the crux of Navarro’s argument: that the cumulative trade deficit represents a transfer of American wealth to foreigners.

The numbers: The U.S. international trade deficit narrowed 6.1% in February to $122.7 billion after hitting a record high in ...