Taiwan's central bank on Wednesday defended the island's trade and currency record ahead of possible tariffs from U.S.

Beijing casts itself as defender of the multilateral trading system that helped make it an economic superpower ...

The Trump administration is expected to impose tariffs on a group of countries known as the "dirty 15" on April 2. President ...

The central bank attributed the trade surpluses to intensifying US-China trade disputes and technology competition, the strengthening of cybersecurity and an ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) boom ...

Japan has reported its exports grew at an 11% annual pace in February while imports declined slightly, leaving a surplus ...

Australia’s first monthly trade surplus with the US since the 1980s may make it harder for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to secure a tariff exemption.

This graphic shows the countries with the largest trade surplus in 2023, based on the most recently available data from the World Bank as of March 4, 2025. Fueled by an export boom, China’s trade ...

In 2024, the United States had a goods trade deficit with 92 countries and a surplus with 111 countries. Overall, it ran a $1.2 trillion trade-in-goods deficit that year. The map and table below ...

This reminds me of the theory of comparative advantage advanced by many economists, including Adam Smith (1723-1790), who ...

A rebound in U.S. consumer imports fueled global trade, while Chinese import growth diverged from China’s export growth. Importers imported more, exporters exported more, and imbalances expanded.