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A Reverse Perspective on Trade and Tariffs

Elisabeth Dellinger | Fisher Investments | 05/15/2025

Trade surplus nations aren’t happier than trade deficit nations. It isn’t every day that a nerdy gal like me relates to a jetset racecar driver, but IndyCar star Pato O’Ward…

America’s Three Demands

Oren Cass | Understanding America | 03/31/2025

President Donald Trump has declared that this Wednesday, April 2, will be “Liberation...

U.S. Trade Deficits Hit Record Highs In 2021

Robert E. Scott | Economic Policy Institute | 02/15/2022

The U.S. goods trade deficit reached a record $1.09 trillion...

A Quick and Dirty Lesson about the Trade Deficit

Daniel J. Ikenson | CATO Institute | 04/04/2020

The trade balance is calculated as the difference between the val...

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