Trade Balance

U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February on lower crude oil imports

2013-04-05 06:58:00

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February, driven by a drop in crude oil imports and an increase in American goods and services exported abroad, the Commerce Department said Friday. With exports rising more than imports, the seasonally...

U.S. trade picture brightened at end of 2012

2013-02-08 05:12:00

In an encouraging sign for the American economy, the U.S. trade deficit fell sharply in December as exports grew at a solid pace while imports of oil and many other goods shrank from the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The big drop...

U.S. trade deficit jumps to seven-month high

2013-01-11 08:43:00

WASHINGTON -- A spike in American imports of consumer goods, autos and other products led to a sharp increase in the U.S. trade deficit in November from the prior month, the government said Friday. One immediate implication of the unexpectedly big...

China, U.S., Europe battling over a shrinking global-trade pie

2012-11-07 05:02:17

Economy boosted by narrowing trade deficit

2011-12-09 16:34:37

China's Xi spars with lawmakers, avoids specifics in speech

2012-02-15 16:37:46

China lashes out against U.S. bill aimed at currency manipulators

2011-10-04 04:34:25

China calls on U.S. to oppose currency legislation

2011-10-12 04:33:58

China's trade surplus shrinks on weakened global demand

2011-10-13 04:34:21

Poll: Americans struggling more than Chinese to keep families fed

2011-10-14 16:34:35

Does the U.S. need China? [Most Commented]

2011-06-21 21:36:21

China's trade surplus surges

2011-08-10 04:34:46

In 2011, U.S. firms held a $1.63 billion trade surplus with China in clean energy goods. Above, a worker installs a photovoltaic panel at the Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy South project in the Imperial Valley west of El Centro, Calif., last month.

2013-02-12 00:00:00

The U.S. and Mexico averted a tomato trade war after the Commerce Department released a draft of a new trade agreement Saturday governing the prices of imported tomatoes. Above, tomatoes are sold in a New York City grocery store.

2013-02-04 11:45:00

For all of last year, the U.S. trade deficit fell 3.5% to $540.4 billion, reversing two straight years of double-digit increases. Above, trucks line up at the Port of Long Beach.

2012-12-05 00:00:00