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The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services is running at $205.4 billion this year, up 2% from $201.3 billion in January-April 2018.

Macri is hosting the summit as he struggles with problems at home.

Imports climbed 1.5 percent to a record $266.6 billion, led by an influx of telecommunications equipment and clothing.

Elway found himself a seller at the trade deadline after the Broncos slipped to 3-5 following last year's 5-11 debacle.

Congressional Republicans and business groups are bracing for the impact of the tariffs and the departure of Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive who has opposed them.

The White House says it will continue to press Congress for "fast track" authority to speed approval of trade deals even as election-year politics makes the task harder.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration's top trade official says budget cuts are making it more difficult to negotiate new trade deals and enforce existing ones. Demetrios Marantis, the acting U.S. Trade Representative, told the Senate Finance Committee that automatic cuts that went into effect at the beginning of the month and other anticipated cuts reduce his agency's capacity to enforce trade agr

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is showing its unhappiness with a federal court ruling that restricted the government's ability to impose higher trade penalties on China when it subsidizes exports to the United States. There's a new proposal to restore the Commerce Department's power to take on China's unfair trade practices...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit widened in December after exports rose at half the pace of imports. Still, exports to Europe rose at a healthy clip, a sign that the critical U.S. trading partner is buying American goods despite its weakened economy...