April 9, 2025 • At the heart of President Trump's tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other countries than they are buying from us. Basically, he wants to get rid of the trade ...

President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of increasing tariffs applied to U.S. imports and, for better or worse, has sought to deliver on those promises. His efforts have been partially ...

One possible outcome of the Trump-Kim summit could be changes to the looming trade war with China. President Trump has long railed against our... What Is A Trade Deficit? And Why Does It Matter? One ...

The Trump administration's aggressive tariff strategy has collided with a sharp swing in the trade numbers, leaving the United States with its smallest trade gap in five years and a very different ...

Many of the president’s tariffs rest on the legal claim that the gap between what America imports and exports is a national emergency, an idea that remains contentious. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson ...

In April, President Donald Trump announced stiff tariffs on goods from nearly every country on the planet, saying they were necessary to "deal with" a "national emergency" involving an "unusual and ...

President Trump is adhering to economic theory with regard to his tariff policies and trade deficits; with time it will pay off. He understands that America’s perennial trade deficits predispose to ...

The trade deficit has narrowed to its smallest since mid-2020, down more than 35% over last year — and more proof that President Donald J. Trump’s America First trade agenda is working. President ...

The U.S. trade deficit with the world will set a record in 2025, which will be the fourth record in Trump’s five years in office, according to my analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. It will surpass ...

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The John Locke Foundation’s latest filing at the U.S. Supreme Court challenges the legal basis for President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs. The entire 46-page document is worth reading. This ...