Trade balance

Japan records trade deficit as imports surge on energy costs

By YURI KAGEYAMAMay 19, 2022 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan recorded a trade deficit in April as its imports ballooned 28% due to soaring energy costs and the yen's weakness against the dollar.

Japan’s trade deficit totaled 839 billion yen ($7 billion) in April, for the ninth straight monthly deficit.

This Week: Trade balance, Fed minutes, consumer borrowing

The Associated PressApril 4, 2022 GMT

A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:

EYE ON TRADE

The Commerce Department delivers its latest snapshot of the nation’s trade gap Tuesday.

China could target US firms, debt if Trump plays hardball

By JOE McDONALDMay 6, 2018 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — In a looming trade war between the world's two largest economies, American companies in China may have a bull's-eye on their backs.

The Trump administration is pushing China to cut its trade surplus with the United States by $200 billion by the end of 2020 and give up policies that favor domestic companies — the core of Beijing's state-led economic model...

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on trade and manufacturing

By PAUL WISEMAN and JOSH BOAKMarch 7, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is presenting a skewed picture of the decline of manufacturing in making his case for import penalties that could spark a trade war...