CNBC

China's annual trade surplus hits a record $1.2 trillion, even as exports to U.S. decline by 20%

Exports surged 6.6% in U.S. dollar terms last month from a year earlier, topping Reuters-polled analysts' median estimate for a 3% growth. Imports rose 5.7% in December from a year earlier, topping ...
Seattle Times

U.S. Trade Deficit Fell to Lowest Level Since 2009 as Tariffs Reshape Trade

WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services shrank to $29.4 billion in October, down from $48.1 billion the prior month as the Trump administration’s tariffs reshaped global trade, data ...
The Diplomat

How Real Is China’s $1 Trillion-Plus Trade Surplus?

China’s trade surplus reached a historic milestone in 2025. According to data released by Chinese customs authorities, China recorded a cumulative goods trade surplus of approximately $1.08 trillion ...
The TRADE

The TRADE predictions series 2026: The institutionalisation of digital assets

2026 will see stablecoins graduate from experimental crypto tools to core institutional plumbing. Their ability to deliver 24/7 real-time value transfer will reshape how institutions manage liquidity ...
Barron's

The AI Power Trade Is Getting Tricky. Stocks to Consider in 2026.

Electricity is a hot commodity, now that tech companies are paying a premium for it to power their artificial-intelligence data centers.
Reuters

India trade deficit narrows to 5-month low, official says close to framework deal with US

NEW DELHI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - India's merchandise trade deficit (INTRD=ECI), opens new tab declined to a five-month low of $24.53 billion in November, driven by a fall in gold, oil and coal imports, ...
CoinDesk

Polymarket Hiring In-House Team to Trade Against Customers — Here's Why It's a Risk

Prediction market Polymarket is in the process of hiring an internal market-making team that will trade directly against customers — a shift that could blur the lines between a prediction market and a ...
Bleeping Computer

FTC settlement requires Illuminate to delete unnecessary student data

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing that education technology provider Illuminate Education to delete unnecessary student data and improve its security to settle allegations related to an ...
IEEE

Term-extract-enhanced Python-Programming question answering with GraphRAG

Abstract: Integrating local domain knowledge bases into domain-specific Question Answering (QA) systems enhances their professionalism and effectiveness. Recently, the Graph-based Retrieval-Augmented ...
PBS

U.S. trade deficit dropped nearly 24% in August as Trump's tariffs reduce imports

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit fell by nearly 24% in August as President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs pushed imports lower. In a report delayed for more than seven weeks by the ...
Investopedia

Is the Shrinking Trade Deficit About to Give GDP a Lift?

Terry Lane is a writer for Investopedia with 25 years of experience in journalism and communications. He covers personal finance, Congress, government regulations, and economics. halbergman/ Getty ...
CRN

NetApp Sues Former CTO, Alleges He Took Trade Secrets To Rival Vast Data

In its lawsuit NetApp alleges Jonsi Stefansson was working against the company while he was still employed by ‘secretly starting a conflicting business and developing a competing product that he ...