The August 1 deadline gives the countries time to negotiate agreements that could lower the tariffs. Some investors and economists have also noted Trump's pattern of backing off his tariff threats.

What is a trade deficit? An overall trade deficit occurs when the monetary value of a country’s imports exceeds that of its exports. Trump’s tariffs appear focused on balancing or even ...

Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from ...

Why Trump can’t close the trade deficit Tariffs won’t do the trick. He would have to trash the economy.

Though the balance of dividend and interest payments was a favorable $375,000,000 and miscellaneous transactions yielded another $30,000,000 credit, the U. S. wound up the year owing other ...

We got an early look at the balance of trade Thursday morning. Imports in February were more or less flat after surging in January, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Meanwhile, exports picked ...

China’s Imaginary Trade Data China has a new way of calculating its good surplus in its formal balance of payments data. It is a deeply misleading. It also explains the apparent fall in the ...

Here’s what to know about U.S. trade with the countries hit hardest by Trump’s so-called “reciprocal” tariffs.

The balance of trade lately has averaged around 4% of the size of the economy as a whole. Meanwhile, GDP growth has been averaging about 2.75% a year.