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US trade deficit declined in 2025, but gap for goods hits a record

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The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries. The Commerce

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  1. ABC 12 Flint

    US trade deficit declined in 2025, but gap for goods hits a record (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries. The Commerce

  2. Reason

    Trump said tariffs would reduce the trade deficit. Instead, it hit a record high in 2025. (opens Reason)

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    President Trump imposed huge tariffs on imports from all over the world with the goal of reducing America's trade deficit. Instead, it hit a record high in 2025.

  3. Anchorage Daily News

    U.S. trade deficit remained high last year despite Trump’s tariffs (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Trump upended global commerce by slapping double-digit tariffs on imports from most countries.

  4. KOB 4

    US trade deficit declined in 2025, but gap for goods hits a record despite Trump tariffs (opens KOB 4)

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    The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the gap the between the goods and services the U.S.

  5. Fortune

    Trump's trade deficit was third highest on record even despite his tariffs upending the global economy, Commerce Dept. says (opens Fortune)

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    The deficit decreased from $904 billion in 2024 to $901 billion last year.

  6. Breitbart News

    Trump Effect: Trade Deficit Narrows as Trump Tariffs Reshape Global Commerce (opens Breitbart News)

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    The three-month average goods deficit fell to $80.5 billion in the fourth quarter, down 27 percent from $109.6 billion in the same period a year earlier. The combined goods and services deficit dropped even more sharply, falling nearly 40 percent to $50.7 billion from $83.

  7. The Columbian

    U.S. trade deficit declined in 2025, but gap for goods hits a record despite Trump tariffs (opens The Columbian)

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    WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries. But the ga

  8. MyNorthwest

    U.S. trade deficit slipped to $901 billion last year amid Trump tariffs (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit

  9. Philadelphia Inquirer

    The U.S. trade deficit remained high in 2025 amid Trump’s tariff policy (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    The gap the between the goods and services the U.S. sells other countries and what it buys from them narrowed to just over $901 billion from $904 billion in 2024, the Commerce Department reported.

  10. Digital Journal

    US trade deficit in goods widens to new record in 2025 (opens Digital Journal)

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    The US trade deficit in goods expanded to a new record in 2025, government data showed Thursday, despite sweeping tariffs that President Donald Trump

  11. New York Post

    US trade deficit declined in 2025 — but America imported a record amount despite Trump tariffs (opens New York Post)

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    The US trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries. But the gap in the trade of goods such machinery and aircraft — the main focus of Trump’s protectionist policies — hit a record last…

  12. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Trade deficit jumps 32.6% despite Trump tariffs | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    WASHINGTON >> The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in December amid a surge in imports, and the goods shortfall in 2025 was the highest on record despite President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign-manufactured merchandise.

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