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Fact-check: “Trump said tariffs cut the trade deficit with China”
Verdict: Unverifiable (0% confidence)
The documented evidence confirms that the U.S. goods trade deficit with China fell sharply — from $419.5 billion in 2018 to around $200-202 billion in 2025, a roughly 52% decline — and USTR has directly tied this to tariff-driven trade policy. But a key qualification undercuts the broader claim: multiple sources show the reduction was largely a diversion of trade to other Asian manufacturing hubs, not an elimination of the overall U.S. trade imbalance. So tariffs appear to have reduced the bila…
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