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The U.S. Trade Deficit: How Much Does It Matter?
President Donald Trump has made reducing U.S. trade deficits, which have expanded significantly in recent decades, a priority of his administration. He and his advisors argue that renegotiating ...
China's Trade War Narrative Puts Trump on Back Foot
Outwardly at least, President Donald Trump continues to take a hard-line stance on China with tariffs of 145 percent and ...
Trump Is Waging War on the U.S. Trade Deficit—But Does It Need Fixing?
President Trump’s broad tariff rollout takes aim at the U.S. trade deficit, which he calls a “national emergency.” Here’s how ...
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How China Armed Itself for the Trade War
The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize ...
Pakistan Records Highest Monthly Trade Deficit in 3 Years in April
Pakistan's trade deficit in April 2025 increased by a whopping 36 percent on a year-on-year basis to $3.38 billion, compared ...
Proof Trump Has No Idea How the Trade Deficit Works
Adding 2 percent of G.D.P. to the budget deficit would add a substantial amount to its twin, the trade deficit (broadly ...
Where MAGA Is Right—and Wrong—on Trade Deficits
Tariffs alone won’t fix the problem. There’s another culprit behind soaring trade deficits, Robert P. Murphy and Mark ...
The U.S. Trade Deficit Math In Four Lines
The U.S. Trade Deficit - That's it! Be it S&P crashing >10% this year, tariff standoff with China or re-negotiation ...
Buffett warned about trade deficits in a 2003 Fortune op-ed and proposed ‘import certificates’ but says trade should not be a weapon
It’s gimmicky, but it’s certainly a lot better than anything I think we’re talking about now,” Buffett said of his idea.