Growing gaps with Mexico, Vietnam add to the biggest imbalance the U.S. faces—with China.

But South Africa's trade deficit with China is worsening, rising from less than US$1 billion between 1988-2000 to US$9.71 billion by 2023 (Chart 1). Since FOCAC's inception, this trade imbalance ...

There’s a lot happening in global markets just two months into the new year. Trump’s tariffs, DeepSeek, European defence ...

But South Africa’s trade deficit with China is worsening, rising from less than US$1 billion between 1988-2000 to US$9.71 billion by 2023 (Chart 1). Since FOCAC’s inception, this trade imbalance has ...

Trade deficits stem from high U.S. consumption and ... ($762 billion), China ($582 billion), and Japan ($228 billion). The graphs below show how trade with those countries and the United States ...

The U.S. international trade deficit widened to $131.4 billion in ... a continuation of a widening trend that began in November (chart). A 10% surge in imports ($36.6 billion) swamped a ...

Learn more about how Trump's proposed tariffs against Mexico, China and Canada could impact trade, shipping, imports, prices ...

The market has a new #1 concern - slowing economic growth, specifically consumer-led slowing growth. The market may be wrong, ...

Despite a 5% pullback from its all-time high, the S&P 500 remains up 1.2% this year, yet investor sentiment has plummeted.