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Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Sunday that India is not “nervous” about Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

A growing trade deficit usually means the budget deficit will grow also as government payments are needed to fill the hole in the economy created by unbalanced imports.

President Joe Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) speech included a brief mention of China, but the language was carefully trimmed to avoid saying anything that might offend Beijing, beyond the most cursory mention of Taiwan.

The trade deficit has been higher in each year of Biden’s presidency than it was under any of his predecessors.

The trade gap with the rest of the world increased to $74.6 billion in April.

Exports of goods for February were $167.8 billion, $6.7 billion less than January exports. Imports of goods for February were $259.5 billion, $6.2 billion less than January imports.

China’s trade deficit with Russia tripled in 2022, a report revealed on Friday, thanks in part to skyrocketing energy prices that made Russia’s discounted oil and gas irresistible to Chinese buyers.

The stronger dollar hurt exports but imports fell by even more.

A strong dollar and weakening demand for imports sent the trade deficit tumbling in July.

The U.S. trade deficit rose an astonishing 22 percent in March to $109.8 billion.

After a record high in February, economists through the trade deficit in goods would shrink. Instead, it rose to a new record high in March.

Imports rose while exports fell, pushing the trade deficit up to $89.7 billion at the start of the year.

During the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden announced that products will be manufactured and bought in USA. 

And they wonder why the ports are clogged.

A huge surge in imported goods pushed the deficit back to the record set in September.

President Joe Biden declared he has the “strongest first-year economic track record of any president in the last 50 years.” 

The U.S. trade deficit “mushroomed to a record in November” and will likely continue for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The rise of exports means more income for U.S. producers, an economic positive, but it also increases the risk that inflation will continue to accelerate. Rising foreign demand for U.S. goods and services can push up prices for domestic consumers.

China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday was tremendously excited by the U.S. House of Representatives passing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, because it expected the U.S. will quickly realize it no longer has the manufacturing capacity to build massive infrastructure projects without China’s help.

Chinese state media on Wednesday celebrated 20 years since China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The direct stimulus payments that hit bank accounts across the U.S. in March increased incomes by a record amount—but much of it found its way into foreign coffers, pushing the trade deficit up to the highest level on record.

Imports shrank slightly but exports to our trading partners contracted sharply in February.

Imported goods from China are flooding ports in California as the United States trade deficit hits a 14-year high.

The deficit with China fell in September thanks to rising exports.

Biden repeated his false claim that the trade deficit with China is up. In fact, the U.S. trade deficit in goods is on pace to be at its lowest since 2009.

Imports were down but exports were down by more so the trade deficit rose.

Now that most international public health experts have reversed their curious positions from earlier this year that masks do nothing to slow the spread of the Wuhan virus, China has capitalized on the surging demand for masks to become the world’s biggest provider, despite persistent complaints from customers about the poor quality of Chinese products.

The government has said that 2019 was a “record-breaking” year for British exports, with a 13.6 per cent increase in exports to non-EU countries on the year before while the trade deficit with the European Union has widened.

The trade deficit with China fell to the lowest level since 2014 as tariffs were hiked last year. |

The balance of trade improved in November and imports from China fell sharply.

U.S. imports from China have declined by $53 billion through the first nine months of the year, Commerce Dept. data show.|

Rubio warned Americans in a Monday evening Senate floor speech that the threat from China to the United States can no longer be ignored.

A small rise in the trade deficit in May masks a much larger shift in U.S. trade away from China and toward our allies.

Henry Olsen said “re-balancing” U.S.-China trade and fighting America’s “addiction” to profits from China is Donald Trump’s priority.

Bilateral trade deficits with China, Canada, and the EU narrowed in February. The gaps with Japan and Mexico expanded.

After a rush of imports in December, the trade deficit fell in January thanks to lower imports from China and cheaper oil.