This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. The U.S. has lived with a massive trade deficit for decades. But under President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs ...

Trade deficit used to be a number that received a ton of attention in the 1980s and 1990s because it was determined to be a strong gauge of the strength and weakness in the US economy. The February ...

People skate on the frozen snow with the Supreme Court in the background on Jan. 29 in D.C. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) President Donald Trump justified his tariff offensive last year as a ...

The latest trade report delivers a simple but powerful message: America is selling more to the world, importing more of what it needs to rebuild at home, and steadily shrinking the trade deficit. This ...

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The president seems as intent on tariffs as ever and argues that his trade agenda is succeeding, despite little evidence to support it By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson has written about international trade ...