Free trade is a myth-not because it doesn't work, but because it doesn't exist. This is why democratic governments should come together and create a new trade regime to enforce balance ...

Scott Bessent, the new US treasury secretary, said he expected President Donald Trump’s tariffs to be a loaded revolver put ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wants to work on reducing the trade deficit with Japan, as he met with ...

The 2024 deficit was a record $1.2 trillion, marking the fourth consecutive trade deficit above $1 trillion and the sixth ...

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The free trade orthodoxy is being transformed into something else. Just to review a bit of recent history: Former President ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's pledge to contain yields on 10-year Treasury notes met some skepticism in the bond market on Thursday, as inflationary pressures and expectations of a widening ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the nation’s trade deficit, which the Commerce Department reported Wednesday ...

U.S. trade representative nominee Jamieson Greer spoke before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday as a part of his confirmation process.

Jamieson Greer promised to pursue Trump's hardline trade policies in testimony Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee.

The idea that tariffs are always and everywhere passed on to consumers is a fallacy, by both economic theory and the record of history.