During Donald Trump's presidency and subsequent policy moves in 2025-2026, the U.S. trade deficit has generally increased despite aggressive tariff policies aimed at reducing it, with the deficit rising to $765 billion between January and September 2025, an increase of $110 billion from the same period in 2024.

Persistent Growth: Despite imposing tariffs (including 25% on steel/aluminum and 10%+ on Chinese imports), the trade deficit has continued to grow, hitting $839.5 billion through November 2025, which is ~4% higher than the same period in 2024.

2025 Policy Shifts: In April 2025, the White House initiated "reciprocal tariffs" to balance trade deficits with individual nations.

Impact on Sectors: Tariffs have increased costs for U.S. manufacturers, for instance, by making steel-reliant production (like automobiles) more expensive domestically.

Fluctuations: While the annual trend shows an increase, short-term fluctuations occurred, such as a drop in the October 2025 trade deficit to the lowest level since 2009 due to temporary market shifts.

Key Partners: Significant deficits remain with Mexico, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the European Union.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5832369&forum_id=2:#49655080)

I am sure the ones from Switzerland, Luxemborg, Holland, etc are fine too but their numbers are too small to matter.

The kind of Brit or French that might come here is probably a mooch too. No decent birdshit leaves Europe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5832369&forum_id=2:#49664201)