Understanding Trade Deficits and Their Impact on Markets

Learn what a trade deficit is, how it affects economies and markets, and why it might not always signal a weak economy.

Trump’s tariffs reduced China’s surplus with US — and made it the world’s headache

China's trade surplus hit a record $1.2 trillion in 2025. Trump had always prefaced his tariffs by pointing to China's trade ...
Newsday

FACT FOCUS: Trump blames Biden for the agricultural trade deficit. It's not that simple

As President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package this week to help U.S. farmers hurt by tariffs, he placed responsibility for the U.S. agricultural trade deficit on former President ...
AOL

Ending the U.S. trade deficit with tariffs is impossible, and it risks eliminating two longstanding U.S. surpluses

The Trump administration has chosen the elimination of the U.S. trade deficit as its chief economic policy objective. This is misguided. In almost all cases, the magnitude of a country’s trade deficit ...
Tempo.co English

Money to Plug the Budget Deficit

The Finance Minister could request the remaining Bank Indonesia surplus before the books close. A stopgap for weakening ...
The Times and Democrat

Sanford says any surplus this year should go to old deficit

COLUMBIA — Gov. Mark Sanford urged the Senate on Monday to pump any money from an expected state surplus into repaying a $155 million deficit left from the 2002 budget year. The Senate will begin ...
The Print on MSN

India’s trade deficit with China widens as Beijing hits record $1.2tn trade surplus despite Trump tariffs

China’s exports to India have grown by 13.46 per cent between the first nine months of the 2024-2025 financial year and the ...
Seeking Alpha

Current account deficit narrows more than expected in Q3 2025

Q3 2025 U.S. Current Account: -$226.4B vs. -$235B consensus and -$249.2B prior (revised from -$251.3B), according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on Wednesday. The 9.2% ...