The US seems afflicted by a ‘trade deficit disorder.’ Like the fabled grasshopper, it gets not just cheap goods from the ...

Countries with democratic governments and mostly free economies should come together and create a new trade regime, based on balance.

The high figures could attract renewed scrutiny under the new US administration, with Trump already threatening tariffs on ...

Even if tariffs are not eventually imposed, USMCA comes up for renegotiation in 2026. Trump will still be in office then, ...

It was the French prime minister Georges Clemenceau who made famous the aphorism that “generals always prepare to fight the ...

During the early 1980s, the US dollar was very strong, and fiscal deficits were rising. The Plaza Accord in September 1985 ...

When the U.S. breaks its treaties, only China wins.

A jump in Canadian energy exports to the U.S. and further weakening of the loonie saw Canada's trade surplus with its neighbor balloon in December, helping the country to its first goods-trade surplus ...

The U.S. ended 2024 with the second-largest trade deficit on record — and China and Mexico were the countries that benefited ...

The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in December as imports surged to a record high against the backdrop of tariff threats, ...

China has launched a dispute at the World Trade Organisation over tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Chinese ...

The U.S. trade deficit hit near-record levels in late 2024 as America's trading partners prepare to navigate Trump's tariffs.