US EditionU.S. trade deficit slipped to $901 billion last year amid Trump tariffs
The 2025 U.S. trade deficit narrowed by 0.2% to $901.5 billion amid tariff-driven shifts in trade partners, with the largest goods deficits involving the EU, China, and Mexico.
- The U.S. trade deficit narrowed slightly to $901 billion in 2025 amid President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from most countries.
- Exports rose 6% and imports rose nearly 5% last year as companies rushed to import goods before the tariffs took effect.
- Trump argues the tariffs, paid by U.S. importers, will protect domestic industries and raise revenue for the Treasury, though their impact on inflation has been lower than expected.
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President Donald Trump's trade policies are drawing strong criticism from liberal economists like Paul Krugman and Robert Reich as well as students of the late Milton Friedman, who believed that steep tariffs are bad both businesses and consumers. Regardless, Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are doubling down on tariffs, which Trump claims will reduce the United States' national debt and eventually eliminate the need for federal incom…
Last year, more goods were once again imported into the United States than were exported.
The U.S. trade deficit reached a new record in 2025. With the introduction of many customs duties, Donald Trump planned to reduce them. "The purchasing power of the Americans is badly attacked," explains Nicolas Doze on LCI. (International).
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