Thailand posted what was described as a record trade deficit in April 2026, as surging imports of oil, capital goods and Chinese products outweighed another strong month for exports.

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff policy, aimed at rewriting the rules of global commerce, has so far failed to curb U.S. imports or slash the trade deficit as promised, data released Thursday ...

Through President Donald Trump’s first full 10 months in office, the cumulative U.S. trade deficit in goods and services was down 3.9% from the same period in 2024. His claim that he has “slashed our ...

For the fifth straight year, the U.S. merchandise trade deficit with the world topped $1 trillion, according to Census Bureau data released Thursday, despite President Trump’s best efforts to bring it ...

The numbers: The trade deficit fell a few months ago to a 16-year low, but it was fool’s gold. The U.S. is still running a trade gap near historically high levels. In November, the deficit almost ...

U.S. posts its third-largest trade deficit ever. China is a big loser, while Vietnam and Taiwan are winners. High tariffs haven't had much effect on chronic U.S. trade deficits. High tariffs were ...

Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...

The value of stuff the U.S. imported (like passenger vehicles) rose, but so did the value of stuff it exported (like oil and agricultural products). In the midst of a tumultuous world economy — ...

The U.S. trade deficit increased in February, continuing a bumpy stretch for international flows of goods amid fast-changing U.S. policy. February imports were $372.1 billion, up 4.3% from January.