Trade Deficit

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Policy Brief

Five Reasons Why the Focus on Trade Deficits Is Misleading

Robert Z. Lawrence (PIIE)
March 2018
The CMA CGM George Washington cargo ship
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Trade & Investment Policy Watch

Three Ways to Reduce a Trade Deficit

Caroline Freund (PIIE)
November 6, 2017
Short Videos

Is the US Trade Deficit a Problem?

Featuring Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE)
March 6, 2017
Countries with Higher Tariffs Have Larger Trade Deficits
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Countries with Higher Tariffs Have Larger Trade Deficits

Caroline Freund (PIIE)
May 8, 2017
Pre-owned automobiles are shown for sale at a car lot in Oceanside, California, U.S., October 3, 2016.
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Trade & Investment Policy Watch

We Know What Causes Trade Deficits

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)
April 7, 2017

Recent Content

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US Trade Deficit with China Keeps Growing, Even with Tariffs

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE) and Zhiyao (Lucy) Lu (PIIE)

December 28, 2018
Trade & Investment Policy Watch

Trump and Navarro's Mistaken Assumptions about Trade Deficits

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)
November 1, 2018
Trade & Investment Policy Watch

The IMF Makes Progress in Its 2018 External Sector Report

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)

October 5, 2018
Trade & Investment Policy Watch

Peter Navarro's "The Era of American Complacency on Trade Is Over" Op-Ed—Annotated and Explained

C. Fred Bergsten (PIIE)

June 25, 2018
Op-Eds

Don't Get Distracted by the Trade Deficit With China

Jason Furman (PIIE)
May 20, 2018
Op-Eds

Worry About the Trade Deficit—a Bit

Jason Furman (PIIE)

May 1, 2018
Trade & Investment Policy Watch

Treasury's Foreign Exchange Report: Another Missed Opportunity to Address Trade Imbalances

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)

April 17, 2018
Op-Eds

The Debate on Trade Deficits Is Littered with Misconceptions

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)

March 16, 2018
Trade & Investment Policy Watch

The Annual Economic Report of the President, Annotated and Explained

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)

March 15, 2018
Policy Brief

Five Reasons Why the Focus on Trade Deficits Is Misleading

Robert Z. Lawrence (PIIE)

March 2018