Trade News Updates

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Trade Gap Shrinks More Than Forecast as US Oil Imports Dry Up

The trade deficit narrowed in November as U.S. petroleum imports sank to the lowest level in more than five years.

January 7, 2015
BusinessFuelGovernment

Trade Gap Little Changed as Imports, Exports Increase

The trade deficit was little changed in October as an improving U.S. economy caused imports to climb to a record while exports also rose.

December 5, 2014
Business

Nafta Trade Rises 8.2%

U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico rose 8.2% in September to $102.2 billion from a year ago, the Department of Transportation reported Nov. 25.

November 25, 2014
BusinessFuelGovernment

Trade Deficit Widens to Four-Month High as Exports Decline

The trade deficit in the U.S. widened in September as exports cooled from a record, highlighting how weakening global growth will affect the world’s largest economy.

November 4, 2014
BusinessFuelGovernment

Trade Gap Narrows in August on Record Exports

The trade deficit in the U.S. shrank in August to the lowest level in seven months as exports edged up to a record.

October 3, 2014
Business

US-Nafta Trade Up 5.4% in May

U.S.-Nafta trade in May increased 5.4% over the same period a year ago, aided by continued reliance on trucking, according to TransBorder Freight Data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

July 24, 2014
Business

Nafta Surface Trade Rises 1.2% in April

U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico rose 1.2% in April to $100.1 billion from the same month last year, the Department of Transportation reported June 26.

June 26, 2014
Business

Trade Gap Widest in Two Years

The trade deficit ballooned in April to the widest in two years as Americans bought record amounts of consumer goods, business equipment and automobiles from abroad.

June 4, 2014
BusinessFuelGovernment

Trade Gap Shrinks in March by 3.6% to $40.4 Billion

The trade deficit narrowed in March by 3.6% to $40.4 billion from the prior month’s $41.9 billion, the Commerce Department reported.

May 6, 2014
Business

US Trade Deficit Grows 7.7%

The U.S. trade deficit widened 7.7% in February to the highest level in five months as exports of fuels and capital equipment dropped, the Commerce Department reported April 3.

April 3, 2014