President Donald Trump has for years wildly exaggerated the size of US trade ... cites those trade deficits as a key justification for his tariff policies, newly released federal statistics ...

The Worst-Case Tariff Hikes Could Erase Nearly a Century of Trade Opening The average US tariff ... The current account deficit equals the net inflow of capital. Consider the chart below.

Since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, he has implemented a whirlwind of tariffs with a goal of eliminating US deficits with trade partners that he sees as evidence of ...

However, trade deficits ... federal budget. Over time, this could call into question the government’s solvency, and that could indeed trigger a cutoff in foreigners’ willingness to lend to us.